This article assumes that you've uploaded a custom avatar to your Google chrome identity already.
- Open the following directory:
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data
- Open the file called Local State and use some regex to add new lines at each { and }
- Look for the following JSON segment:
"profile":{ ... "Default":{ ... is_using_default_avatar":true, <--- SET TO false ... "use_gaia_picture":false, <--- SET TO true ...} ,"Profile 1":{ ... is_using_default_avatar":true, <--- SET TO false ... "use_gaia_picture":false, <--- SET TO true ... }}