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Change the User Profile folder path in Registry.ġ. After that you should view a message that says that your command was completed successfully.Ĥ. Inside the command prompt window, type the following command and press Enter:ģ. Right click on the command prompt (result) and select Run as Administrator.Ģ. In the Search box type: cmd (or command prompt).ī. Enable the Hidden Administrator Accountġ. Important: Proceed and change the current account name (if you have not already done so), before you continue below. To Change the Name of the Profile folder: * Note: If you 're using Windows 10 with a Microsoft account, then the only way to change the name of the user profile folder, is to create a new local Administrator account (with the desired name) and then to connect the new account with your Microsoft account.

How to Change the User Profile Folder Name for a Local Account *

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This tutorial contains instructions to change the name of the Profile folder Windows 10, 8/8.1 & 7 OS. This is happened because by Windows design, the profile folder name doesn't changed automatically when you change the username. As you may know, when you rename a user in Windows, the name of the user's profile folder (which contains all it's files and settings), remains unchanged.įor example, if you rename an account from "Mike" to "John", the profile folder under the "C:\Users\" directory will still named "Mike" (C:\Users\Mike) and not "John" (C:\Users\John). This tutorial contains instructions to rename the user profile folder in Windows OS.