How to Rename User and User Profile Folder in Windows.pdf

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Step 1. Rename the User from User Account Properties.
To change the username of a local account in Windows:
1. Press simultaneously the Windows
2. Type
netplwiz
& Press
Enter.
+
R
keys to open the run command box.
3. Highlight the user that you want to rename and select
Properties.
4. Then change the current User name (e.g. "Josh) with the new one (e.g "Joshua")
5. When done click
Apply
and
OK
twice to close all open windows.
Step 2. Change the User Profile Folder Path in Registry.
1. Open
Registry Editor:
To do that:
•
Press simultaneously the Windows
box.
o
Type
regedit
& Press
Enter.
o
+
R
keys to open the run command
2. Navigate to the following key at the left pane:
•
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
3. Click at any “S-1-5-21-xxx…” registry key, until you find which one contains the
path for your profile folder at the "ProfileImagePath" REG_DWORD value.
* e.g. If your Username is “Josh” then see which
S-1-5-21-xxx…”
registry key,
contains the “C:\Users\Josh” value at
ProfileImagePath.
4. When you find that key, double click at
ProfileImagePath
and rename the current
path (profile folder name) to the new one.
*
* e.g. At this example we proceed to change the "C:\Users\Josh" folder name, with
the new folder name "C:\Users\Joshua".
5. When done, click
OK.
6.
Close
Registry Editor and
Restart
your computer.
Step 3. Rename the User Profile Folder.
1. After restart you 'll be sign to a temporary profile (empty profile) with the message
"We can't sign in to your account". (Click
Close
at this message and continue below).
2. Open Windows Explorer and explore the contents of the "C:\Users" folder.
3. Right click on the user profile folder (e.g. "Josh" in this example) and
choose
Rename.
4. Type the new name for the profile folder (e.g. "Joshua" in this example) and
press
Enter.
5. Click
Continue
when asked to provide administrator permission to rename the
folder. *
* Note:
If you receive an "Access denied" error, when you try to rename the user
folder, then try to rename the folder in Safe Mode or try the following:
1. Open
Command Prompt
as
Administrator.
2. Type the following command and press enter:
net user administrator /active:yes
3.
Restart
the computer and
login
as
Administrator
4.
Rename
the
user profile folder.
5.
Restart
again and
login
to the (renamed) user.
6. If everything is OK, then disable the administrator account by typing this command
(in Command Prompt Admin):
net user administrator /active:no
6.
Restart
your computer to login to your profile with all files and settings untouched!
Step 4. FIX Invalid Registry References.
The next step, is to fix in the Registry, the references to the old profile folder. To do
that:
1. Download the
Registry Finder
utility in an archive format, according your Windows
version (32 or 64Bit) and extract the download file (RegistryFinder.zip).
2. From the extracted folder, double click to run the
RegistryFinder
application.

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