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When I edit my user profile on a My Site with default settings, I received an error for a picture that is too large.

The message says "Choose a smaller file to upload."

I've received this message for a picture with file size 5MBs or larger, but not one that is around 1MB.

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~4.7MB is the limit (5000000 bytes).

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  • Sounds like it could be right. Do you have a reference?
    – Tom Resing
    Dec 6, 2012 at 18:00
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    public ProfileImagePicker() { this.m_strErrorMsg = string.Empty; this.m_profileType = ProfileType.User; this.m_nMaxBytes = 0x4c4b40; this.m_nTextboxSize = 30; } In Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.WebControls.ProfileImagePicker.
    – user6024
    Dec 6, 2012 at 21:23
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The user profile images are stored on the My Site host site collection in a Picture Library called "User Photos". Since the images are stored as files in a library, the default limit of 50 MB per file should apply there too. (You can increase the limit to 2GB per file)

Here is the Technet article with the library limits: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262787.aspx#ListLibrary

For your situation: has anybody made any customization on the "User Photos" library? Maybe somebody has added an event receiver to check the file size of the photo being uploaded?

Here is a detailed article on User Profile pictures in 2010. Maybe it can give you some info: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/spsocial/archive/2011/01/07/photo-management-in-sharepoint-2010.aspx

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  • Great links and information, but I'm afraid they don't offer the correct answer. I've tried this on two seperate farms. Have you tried uploading a 5MB image? I think you may find you receive the same error message.
    – Tom Resing
    Jul 10, 2012 at 16:48

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