How to Get Windows 8 Video User Profile Picture on Taskbar Tiles on Windows 7

Posted by on Jun 21, 2011 in Microsoft | 0 comments

A recently leaked Windows 8 milestone 3 video showcased many new features of Windows 8 of which one interesting features of Windows 8 was ability to set video as user profile pictures in Taskbar tiles. On Windows 7 and Vista only images are supported.

If you want enjoy Windows 8 Taskbar Tiles Video profile feature on Windows 7 then here is how to get it. Please keep in mind that only video with wmv format is supported at the moment.

How to Get Windows 8 Video User Profile Picture on Taskbar Tiles on Windows 7

Step 1 : Download Taskbar UserTile Alpha 7.1

Step 2: Extract content of above downloaded zip file into folder

Step 3: Now Edit Config.ini file and change the AvatarPath to the video file (.wmv) path that you want to set as Taskbar user picture tile.

Step 4: That’s it execute UserTile.exe to make the changes into effect.

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