Change User Name
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The only way to change the name is to open a new account, transfer everything over and delete the old account.
To avoid being corrected, allow me to add that you probably can by a registry hack, but I would not try a procedure like that, risking a potential problem later on.
To avoid being corrected, allow me to add that you probably can by a registry hack, but I would not try a procedure like that, risking a potential problem later on.
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Hello shadow65, welcome to Seven Forums!
Have a look at the tutorial at the link below.
User Profile Folder - Change User Account Folder Name - Windows 7 Help Forums
Have a look at the tutorial at the link below.
User Profile Folder - Change User Account Folder Name - Windows 7 Help Forums
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Thanks for the welcome. From what I am reading, I can change the log-in name of the account, but I can't actually change the user name. Even if I create a new account with the user name I want, I can't see how to transfer the files from the original account to the new one.
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Use windows easy transfer.
Just type those words in search. Transfer to a finger drive, then transfer to new account. I did it and it works.
Just type those words in search. Transfer to a finger drive, then transfer to new account. I did it and it works.
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Hello Anon, and welcome to Seven Forums.
Sorry, but you cannot change the name of your C:\Users\(user-name) folder itself. Doing so will most likely give you a user profile cannot be loaded error.
In addition, a way around this would be to create a new administrator account with the name you like, then copy all of the contents of the old user account's C:\Users\(user-name) folders (including hidden AppData folder) into the corresponding new account's C:\Users\(user-name) folder. After everything checks out ok, you can delete the old user account while logged in the new user account.
Hope this helps,
Shawn
Sorry, but you cannot change the name of your C:\Users\(user-name) folder itself. Doing so will most likely give you a user profile cannot be loaded error.
In addition, a way around this would be to create a new administrator account with the name you like, then copy all of the contents of the old user account's C:\Users\(user-name) folders (including hidden AppData folder) into the corresponding new account's C:\Users\(user-name) folder. After everything checks out ok, you can delete the old user account while logged in the new user account.
Hope this helps,
Shawn
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The link
How to Create, Delete and Modify User Accounts in Windows By BarefootKid (RIP)
and
create a new administrator account by Brink
both point to a restricted webpage
I think the new Tutorial is User Profile Folder - Change User Account Folder Name - Windows 7 Help Forums
How to Create, Delete and Modify User Accounts in Windows By BarefootKid (RIP)
and
create a new administrator account by Brink
both point to a restricted webpage
I think the new Tutorial is User Profile Folder - Change User Account Folder Name - Windows 7 Help Forums
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bawldiggle z3r010
Yeah, I had those older ones in separate tutorials now for each subject.
User Account - Create - Windows 7 Help Forums
User Account - Delete - Windows 7 Help Forums
User Account Picture - Change - Windows 7 Help Forums
Password - Create for a User Account - Windows 7 Help Forums
User Account Password - Change - Windows 7 Help Forums
The one below is the latest one for renaming an account.
User Profile Folder - Change User Account Folder Name - Windows 7 Help Forums
Yeah, I had those older ones in separate tutorials now for each subject.
User Account - Create - Windows 7 Help Forums
User Account - Delete - Windows 7 Help Forums
User Account Picture - Change - Windows 7 Help Forums
Password - Create for a User Account - Windows 7 Help Forums
User Account Password - Change - Windows 7 Help Forums
The one below is the latest one for renaming an account.
User Profile Folder - Change User Account Folder Name - Windows 7 Help Forums
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