Windows 10: Profile Picture not appearing in the banner Windows Settings Page

I am on the latest version of Windows that is the 20H2 build. My profile picture is not appearing in the settings page even though i am logged in with my microsoft account. Everywhere else picture is appearing but not in the banner of the settings page. FYI, my microsoft account does have a profile picture. Tried rebooting several times and also removed my account, but not fixing.



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Profile picture

Hi Stanislav,

To better understand the query, please answer the following questions:

1. When you go to settings > Accounts, does all the three pictures appear as the screenshot above?

2. Are those pictures previously used account pictures?

I suggest you to try deleting the old account pictures by following the steps below and check again.

1. Press Windows key + R to open the run command.

2. Copy and paste the following command and press enter:

%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\AccountPictures

3. If the old account pictures are listed, delete it and restart the computer

Let us know the result, we will be glad to help if you need further assistance.

 

notification banners don't appear anywhere settings are set to on but nothing appears

I want to see notification banners for email and sports applications. The sounds and color bars from windows 8.1

I have already gone through the process of turning on notifications and banners.

Clicking on settings then system clicking on notification and action

Turning each button on and double checking it.

to finish I shutdown my surface pro 3.

After I power-up new email and sports notifications and banners never appear. I go back into settings and my preferences haven't changed. Everything appears to be available to receive notifications everything is switched to on.

 

notification banners don't appear anywhere settings are set to on but nothing appears

Hello,

Thank you for keeping us posted.

As per the description, I understand that you are experiencing issue with notification banner don’t appear anywhere, settings are set to on but nothing happens on the system.

I certainly understand your concern and will try my best to help you.

I really appreciate all your efforts in trying to fix the issue.

There is a possibility that this issue might have occurred either due to
“Hardware / Software” or due to “system files”
that have gone bad in the system.

I would suggest you to try following methods and check if it helps.

Method 1:

How to run the Modern UI App troubleshooter, please follow the steps in the link provided below.

Note: The Modern app troubleshooter is a built in troubleshooter that can detect and fix most of the app errors automatically. So, I would suggest you to download and run the
Modern app troubleshooter to fix any app errors. You can download it here:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/F/2/4/F24D0C03-4181-4E5B-A23B-5C3A6B5974E3/apps.diagcab

If the issue persists, follow method 2

Method 2:

Update and synchronize your apps. To do so, please follow the steps given below and check if it helps.

• 
  On the Start screen, go to the
  Windows Store.
  
• 
  Press the Windows + C to display the charms bar.
  
• 
  Click Search.
  
• 
  In the search box, type
  app updates.
  
• 
  Go to settings.
  
• 
  Click on check for updates to update any apps installed on your computer.
  
• 
  Click on sync licenses to sync the app licenses.
  
• 
  Now try syncing your emails and check if the problem is fixed.
  

If the issue persists, follow method 3

Method 3:

Try to uninstall and reinstall Mail app and check if it works.

To uninstall mail app, please follow the steps given below.

• 
  Press Windows + C
  
• 
  In the search box, type mail app
  
• 
  Right click on the mail app and click on uninstall
  
• 
  Click okay.
  

In order to reinstall the Mail App, follow these steps:

• 
  Click on “Store” to open Windows Store App.
  
• 
  Press “Windows Logo” + “C” keys on the keyboard to open the Charms bar.
  
• 
  Click on “Search”
  
• 
  Type “Mail App” in the search box.
  
• 
  Click on the icon which shows “Mail, Calendar, People and Messaging” from the search result.
  
• 
  Click on “Install” from the Mail App page.
  

For more information, you may refer to this link:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-IN/windows-8/mail-app-faq

The above steps holds good for Windows 10 as well.

You may also try running SFC scan and check if that helps.

How to use the System File Checker tool to repair missing or corrupted system files, please follow the steps in the link provided below.

https://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833?wa=wsignin1.0

Note: System File Checker is a utility in Windows that allows users to scan for corruptions in Windows system files and restore corrupted files. This article describes how
to run the System File Checker tool (SFC.exe)to
scan your system files and to repair missing or corrupted system files in Windows 8.1 or Windows 8.
If a Windows Resource Protection (WRP) file is missing or is corrupted, Windows may not behave as expected.

The above steps holds good for Windows 10 as well.

I hope this information is helpful.

Please do let us know if you need any further assistance, we will be glad to assist you.

Thank you.

Jayant