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
    2015-03-02T14:48:07+00:00

    Worked perfectly! Can't thank you enough!

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-02-09T17:29:49+00:00

    This is 100% the best route to take - just wanted to login and register my thanks

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-01-13T12:31:52+00:00

    Red,

    Thanks.  This worked for me too.  I had the same issue as Danny with Windows 8.1.  I'm certain my wife didn't have this issue with her new Windows 8 laptop two years ago, but maybe we started with a local account and changed to an MS account later.

    Gary

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-12-05T16:01:46+00:00

    Thank you.  This worked perfectly.  I had the same issue as Danny.

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