How to Change User Folder Name in Windows 10 – 2 Ways
Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. This is a well known bug in Windows 10, the username can be changed but the account folder cannot be re-named. Then create a new user account with your correct name, log out and log into the new account, transfer your files to your new account and delete the old wrongly named account and you are good to go! Choose where you want to search below Search Search the Community. Search the community and support articles Windows Windows 10 Search Community member.
Hello everyone I have recently acquired a new rig with Windows Thank you very much. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread.
I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. I have gone through the control panel and see nothing there. I have read that you can delete the account and set up a new one, but do not want to do that. This will not change the User folder name in Explorer.
Do not use ANY method to change the Explorer User folder name in Windows 10 because this can result in a catastrophic failure start loop at the Lock Screen. While the User Account name can be changed in Settings, one cannot change the User folder name in Windows 10 without reinstalling. Any attempt using Regedit to change Profile Image Path in registry will cause a failure to start loop at the Lock Screen.
To recover from loop try System Restore from Advanced Startup Options in Windows 10 which should be available by pressing Cntrl Alt Del keys at the lock screen, then from the Power icon in bottom right corner of options screen choose Restart while holding the Shift key. Ask back here if you need any help. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help.
Thanks for your feedback. Choose where you want to search below Search Search the Community.
We are giving a laptop computer to my sister and just upgraded to Windows 10 Home for her. I have the same question Hey Youssouf, Would please be kind enough to write down in detail how you made the changes in the registery as Microsoft refuses to respond to the request. The folder that belongs to you will show the path of your user folder as indicated in the screenshot below. This site in other languages x.
Was this reply helpful? Delete the problem account but keep the user data! In this article, we will look into how you can rename a user folder in Windows
