Windows 10: How i can change the C:\Users\oldusername to C:\Users\newusername

Hi, i just wanted to know how i can do this permanently. Windows 11Mean of permanently is => When i reset/format the windows and login with my microsoft account. And when it ask for select backup i select **Start from fresh** it give me oldusernameI also tried how to change username on pc located in c:/users in windows 10 pro? - Microsoft Community but not working please help. and those who suggest create new account so sorry i want same Microsoft account...

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Several problems with user account in windows 10

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I appreciate your time and efforts in troubleshooting. According to the information, the issue might be due to user profile corruption. Since you have already created a new user account and verified all the settings, I would suggest you to migrate
all the data to new user account and then delete the older account. Migrate all the data from all the folder from location C:/Users/OldUsername to the new folder in C:/Users/NewUserName except these files:

• Ntuser.dat
  
• Ntuser.dat.log
  
• Ntuser.ini
  

Once all your data is migrated, sign in to new user account and check all your data/settings & delete the old account. Please make sure that you create an Administrator account not a standard account.



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Several problems with user account in windows 10

Wow thank you for the help, how can I migrate the data? I wouldn't lose anything?

 

User.000 issue after updating to 1909

I'm one of the many people suffering from issues with user profiles after applying Update 1909 to Windows 10. I've read all the threads I can find on the topic here and have followed the suggestions, all to no avail. Any other thoughts are appreciated.

After applying Update 1909, the ProfileImagePath was changed to c:\users\User.000
One file that was always in use and couldn't be removed was left in c:\users\User (can't recall or find the exact file now), so I could never rename or remove the c:\user\User directory.

I followed the multiple suggestions from Brink and others:

• Rebooted at least 6 times
• Enabled hidden Administrator
• Booted into Safe Mode
• Changed ProfileImagePath
• Tried to rename c:\users\User but couldn't because a file was still in use
• Copied all data from c:\users\User.000 into c:\users\User
• Rebooted and had temporary profile
• Followed steps in Brink tutorial to change ImageProfilePath; rebooted with no change
• Restored using Restore Point from before Update 1909 - returned to single profile state (User.000)
• Removed each update that was installed individually and rebooted after each update removal - profile state never changed
• After all updates were removed, repeated the steps above with hidden Administrator, changing profile, etc. - same issue with file in use in c:\users\User
• Followed all steps above with hidden Administrator but without copying files from User.000 to User - same results

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!