In your uploadphoto.tmpl make the selected one yes not no
if ( $Globals['usenotify'] == "yes" && $User['userid'] != 0 ) {
echo<<<PPPRINT
<tr>
<td class="{$Style['tddetails']}" align="left">{$Globals['pp_lang']['notify']}</span></td>
<td class="{$Style['tddetails']}" align="left"><select name="notify"><option selected="selected" value="no">{$Globals['pp_lang']['no']}</option><option value="yes">{$Globals['pp_lang']['yes']}</option></select></td>
</tr>
PPPRINT;
}