How do I change the name of my user folder?


  1. bowser57
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    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
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    How do I change the name of my user folder?


    I installed windows 8 developer preview last night for dual booting purposes last night on a separate 20Gb partition. When I was using Windows 8 I Changed the location of my music library to my user folder on my windows 7 partition. Now when I boot in windows 7 the folder that was previously named after my username is now titled "my music" All of the contents of my users folder are in the folder. I cannot rename the folder back to my username by right clicking it and trying to rename it. any suggestions?
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  3. logicearth
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    Windows 10 Pro (x64)
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    It is the desktop.ini file located at the root of your user folder. Delete it.
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