Where does Windows Vista store the profile image?

Question

I'm just wondering if anyone knows where vista saves profile images for each user account. I know that in XP it is stored in C: \ Documents and Settings \ All Users \ Application Data \ Microsoft \ User Account Pictures, but when I look at the equivalent path in Vista, all I have is user.bmp and guest .bmp, I understand that these are the default values ​​if I do not allow any user profile pictures of the user, but this is not the route that I want to follow. I assume vista is the same as XP, where the profile image names are .bmp, but when I search, I cannot find any images anywhere. Vista moved profile image storage to registry?

I also know that there is a temp directory, C: \ Users \ <username> \ AppData \ Local \ Temp, in which there are files that I am looking for, but everything that I modify them when I load the profile, they are overwritten. I assume this is because it is a temporary directory. It makes me think that there is a master catalog with all these images.

Thanks
Johnathan

Answer 1

I wanted to do the same, but I found out that in Vista it is not possible to replace user code. I found the answer here:

Change user image?

Answer 2

vb script, SAM SysInternals psexec, (aka UserTile).