rename user account file name

[anon125]

sounds simple - but under users there is public and myname
all i want to do is change myname.
the little folder icon has a lock on it
home premium version
have changed computer name and account name.
thanks all

 

[richc46]

This may help

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2974-user-accounts.html

 

[Brink]

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.

The only 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

 

[anon125]

This may help

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2974-user-accounts.html

thanks
tried that before i posted.

 

[anon125]

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.

The only 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

thanks - computer is new - maybe i can set it back to factory specs! hoping that will forget all the names etc.

 

[richc46]

I misunderstood the question. It cannot be done. View Brinks post.

Just delete the old account and open a new one. No need to go to facory specs.