Windows 8 User Folder Rename

Anonymous
2012-11-05T02:40:10+00:00

My current username in Windows 8 is Danny.  The directory of my user folder is C:\Users\danch_000 .  This is annoying and driving me crazy.  I should also tell you this user is tied to my Microsoft Account.  On my Microsoft Account my Name is Danny.  How can I change the name of the folder without messing anything up in he registry or any other part of the computer.

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Anonymous
2012-11-09T14:33:16+00:00

Ok dude... this is a hassle but it does work.

Summary:

You need to log in on a local admin account (create one if it does not exist already), delete your user account (Danny) and then rename the danch_000 folder to danny.old (I do this only so that you do not lose any data you may have already saved here. it is just a backup folder now)

then Create a new LOCAL user called Danny. Log into this user account and all the files will be under C:\Users\Danny.

Now you must go to pc settings and choose switch to Microsoft account.

Once the process is finished, you are using a Microsoft Live account, with the 'User' Displayed as your full name, but all the files are in a directory named 'Danny'

If this is too summarized for you and you need detailed instructions just post here and tell me, I am in the process of creating a guide for just this issue for my coworkers

Yrs Red

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-11-05T22:20:49+00:00

    I'm afraid that changing the account name doesn't help. It does not change the actual folder name.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-02-27T05:00:27+00:00

    Much simple way. Go into your User Folder, create a new folder with the name you want, then copy everything from the folder you no longer wish to use. You're welcome.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-12-03T03:26:01+00:00

    I went about it slightly differently with the same results

    1. Create local admin account.
    2. Convert your account to a local account.
    3. Control Panel -> User Account -> Rename My Account.
    4. Reboot into safe mode. -> Login as temp local account previously created.
    5. Right Click old user folder and rename.
    6. Regeit.exe -> HKLM\Software\Microsoft\WIndowsNT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
    7. Find SID that has the ProfileImagePath key set to old folder name and rename it to new folder name.
    8. Reboot.
    9. Sign in to your account and convert back to Microsoft Account.

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-11-05T23:44:54+00:00

    Anyone with any idea how to fix the folder name?  Perhaps I just shouldn't have admitted to having an MS account during the setup procedure and a local account with a sensible folder name would have been created in the first place.

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