News Feed UserProfile Picture pointing to old url

Question

Originally when the site was setup the my site was setup with an incorrect URL.  So I created another site collection using the mysite host template and then when into the mysite settings and changed the url.  This fixed the links to mysites but
the images in the site feeds are still referencing the old URL and not displaying the image.
Any idea on how to update the reference?

Answer 1

Hi Phillip,
I recommend to check if the image in user’s my site is pointing to the old URL.
If yes, We should update the PictureUrl of each user profile to update the photo location.
For your reference, you can use the following PowerShell script to update the user profiles' photo location:
Add-Type -Path "c:\program files\common files\microsoft shared\web server extensions\14\isapi\microsoft.office.server.dll"
$PSSnapIn = Get-PSSnapin | where {$_.Name -like "*sharepoint*"}
if(!($PSSnapIn.Name -like "*sharepoint*"))
Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell
Function GetFileNameFromAccountName{
param($accountName);
$charsToReplace = "\/:*?""<>|";
$result = $accountName;
$charsToReplace.ToCharArray() | Foreach-Object{$result=$result.replace($_, "_");}
return $result;
Function UpdatePhoto{
param($photoFolder);
$Site = Get-SPSite -Limit 1 #Get Site for Service context
$ServiceContext = Get-SPServiceContext($Site)
$ProfileManager = new-object Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.UserProfileManager($ServiceContext)
$Profiles = $ProfileManager.GetEnumerator() #Load all profiles into array
Foreach($profile in $Profiles){
if($profile["PictureUrl"].Value.Contains("old url here")){
$accountName = GetFileNameFromAccountName($profile["AccountName"].Value)
$img = $photoFolder + $accountName + "_MThumb.jpg";
$profile["PictureUrl"].Value = $img;
UpatePhoto http://my:80/User Photos/Profile Pictures/
The UpdatePhoto needs a parameter. It is the folder that stores the user photos, it is generally http://<mysitehost>/User Photos/Profile Pictures/
We must migrate all photos from the old Profile Pictures folder to the new Profile Pictures, then execute the PowerShell script.
Best regards.
Thanks
Victoria Xia
TechNet Community Support