Windows 10: How to change the folder name path of an AzureAD user on Windows 11

Hello,my name contains special characters and I was having unexpected behaviours of some softwares and I discovered it was given my user name special characters, so I am trying to change it.I have tested this solution, however as my user is an AzureAD I was not able to rename it as in here, because I dont have the General Tab.So after that I have tested revert back the changes I have done so far, however when reverting my original initial usernameToChange dont even appear in the start up page to select to what user I want to use, but if I open my my Users List here I can still see this user.So

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Change User Name Folders

"The change the name on the Account folder is more difficult because it is more heavily protected. See this tutorial:https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/89060-chang..."

On this link, the details show renaming another account. I'm wanting to change the Admin account. It's a good thing I had another user setup on my computer, also as an Admin, because after changing the SID in step 8. And, unable to change the name in step
11. As "Rename" wasn't in the list. I restarted the computer, since the Admin user account name was changed I was unable to load windows. I had to log into my other account, which was setup as Admin and change the SID back to the 5 letters the user name was
titled.

My computer, Admin account, works again.

I wasn't wanting to just change another account user name, which this is possible to do. I wanted to change the main user, myself.

 

User Account folder name

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I understand that you are facing issues with changing the folder name under Users folder in Windows 10.

I suggest you to perform the below steps and check if it helps.

1. Open the File Explorer and double click on C drive.

2. Open Users folder from the list.

3. Click on the user name folder and then tap on F2 Key.

4. Change the name of the folder and hit on Enter Key.

5. It will ask for Administrator Permission and click on Ok.

6. Folder name will be changed.

Get back to us if you need any further assistance on Windows related issues and we will be glad to help.

 

How to Change User Folder Name?

Hi,

The reason why you're seeing the word steel on the user folder name is because of the Microsoft account that is used to login starts with the word steel. Any user which will sign in to their computer will also see their Microsoft account
on the user folder name or the hard drive link/path.

If you wish not to able to see the word steel on the user folder name, we suggest that you change the Microsoft account or to change the email address.

Regards.