PLATFORM - Common Features > HOPEX Desktop > Working in HOPEX > Customizing your Personal Parameters
Customizing your Personal Parameters
In your HOPEX desktop, you can customize your personal parameters:
• modify your password
*Only the administrator can reinitialize your password.
• modify the image of your avatar
Modifying your password 
Your password must include at least 8 characters and be complex enough to meet your enterprise security requirements.
*For more details on the password, see Activating your HOPEX Account.
A colored progress bar (red, orange, green) indicates your password complexity level as you type.
To modify your password:
1. In your HOPEX desktop, click Main Menu .
2. Select Settings > Modify Password.
The Change password window is displayed.
3. Enter your former password.
*To view the password, click .
4. Enter and confirm your new password.
*To view the password, click .
*You cannot leave the New Password field empty.
5. Click Apply.
Your modified password is saved but is not taken into account until you dispatch your work.
*If you do not dispatch your current work, the modified password is not taken into account.
Modifying your avatar 
The Main menu is represented by your avatar. You can modify it by downloading an image in ico, bmp, gif, or png format up to a size of 30 MB.
To modify your avatar:
1. In your HOPEX desktop, click Main Menu .
2. Hover the cursor over your avatar.
Your avatar appears as a camera.
3. Click the camera.
The file selection window opens.
4. Click Browse and select your image.
The image file to be uploaded is defined.
5. Click OK.
The Main Menu icon is replaced by your picture.
Your avatar is updated.
Resetting your Desktop Customizations
In your HOPEX desktop, you can reset your personal parameters. This includes customization of your desktop, such as for example:
• your homepage customization
• your dashboard customization
• your customization of columns in lists:
• column display or not
• column width
• column order
• column grouping
• column locking
This does not include repository customizations such as:
• your avatar
• your alerts
• your data language and interface language
• your password
• your options
To reset your customizations:
1. In your HOPEX desktop, click Main Menu .
2. Select Settings > Reset personal parameters.
The reset activates after logging back in.