Windows 10: Fixing the truncated user name in Windows 11

How do I fix the truncated user name in Windows 11. Searching the forums, I find a topic titled with Win 11, but the screens and instructions are for Win 10. I also read the truncation comes about because Windows could not sign in while I was initializing the Win 11 new install. I don't believe that was the case for me, the internet was always available and getting on my network was part of the initialization process. Is there any way to use my full name on my user account? My old computer using Win11 home had no problem, the user name was my full name from the start. I tied the regist

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User folder name truncated

I am in the process of setting up my wife's new laptop with windows 10 and I was surprised when I saw the user folder name was truncated from denise to denis. She hates being called denis. Please fix this bug

 

User folder name truncated

This is a most frustrating issue. I have completed several dozen Windows 10 clean installations and every time in the User directory my users-name directory name is truncated to 5 letters.

It is interesting that with all sorts of techie issues outstanding in the teething years of Windows 10 this particular one brings out the worst in me and I think particularly nasty thoughts about Microsoft.

Beware - Microsoft - this particular bug is a personal swipe at your users. Yes - for better or worse we are now allowed to identify our own gender, ethnicity, political stance - but our names - now that's Microsoft's business. Get real - sort this out please.

 

User folder name truncated

I installed Windows 10 from an iso as a completely new installation. My user name is my Microsoft account name
L: andrew@mydomainname but the folder set up in User has been truncated to five characters, so that Documents is at C:\Users\Andre\Documents and not at C:\Users\Andrew\Documents.

Currently I have Documents at a different location on my Surface to my desktop, which makes it hard to use.

I can see that reinstalling and using a local account name before connecting my account to my Microsoft account name would probably correct this, but is non trivial and would take a day to implement.

Is there any way I can change the location of my User folder to what I consider to be the correct place?

Andrew

or possibly andre