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# Customize the login window

You can customize the login window, so that you can share any special announcements or important events with users that are using the same ALM server. When working in Windows, you can also replace the existing background photo displayed in the ALM Login window. Users can view these changes from their ALM Desktop Client machines.

## Display a message in the Login window

This section describes how to display a message in the Login window.

1. On the server, navigate to the following directory:

   Windows | `<Deployment path>\webapps\qcbin\Help\` (By default: `C:\ProgramData\HP\ALM\webapps\qcbin\Help\`)
   Linux | `<Deployment path>/webapps/qcbin/Help/` (By default: `/var/opt/ALM/webapps/qcbin/Help/`)

2. Create the customization folder.

3. In the customization folder, create the following file: customizationInfo.htm. The file name is case-sensitive.

4. Edit the customizationInfo.htm file and add content.
5. To view the content, open the Login window from the ALM Desktop Client machine.

## Customize the background photo in the Login window

This section describes how to replace the background photo displayed in the Login window.

Note:
- We recommend using a square-shaped photo. The minimum is 900 pixels wide by 900 pixels height.
- If it takes too long for the customized background photo to download, then the default background is displayed.

1. On the server, navigate to the following directory:

   Windows | `<Deployment path>\webapps\qcbin\images` (By default:`C:\ProgramData\HP\ALM\webapps\qcbin\images`)
   Linux | `<Deployment path>/webapps/qcbin/images` (By default:`/var/opt/ALM/webapps/qcbin/images`)

1. Copy the customized background picture to this folder and rename it to login-bg-cust.jpg. The file name is case-sensitive.

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