Windows 10: How to change the "logical" name of personal folder C:\Users\%username%

%username% is ANIL. However, I don't see "ANIL" under C:\Users. Instead I see "Documents" logical name. Physical path is C:\Users\ANIL which is correct.





How can I remove this logical reference of "Documents" and revert to its actual name i.e., "ANIL" ?


Thanks in advance.

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Changing C:\Users\USERNAME

When setting up a computer, you are initially prompted to create a username. Once this name is created, how can it be changed?

To be clear, you can change your personal account name (found under Settings>Account>Your Info), but this does not change C:\Users\USERNAME (or whatever drive your OS is on). To change this, I have tried to edit the registry (as detailed

here). However, when doing this, I am unable to log into my account and have the need to setup a temporary account to recover to the old C:\Users\USERNAME state. How can I change this drive name?

Thanks for your time

 

Win10 User name different in C:\Users\<username> to Logon Username

I'm sure many people have had the same occur to them, and probably would advise me to just leave it as it is.

-> What you perceive as a problem could be considered an irritation but is not a problem as far as Windows is concerned. You need to be aware that every account consists of two entities:

• The account name, e.g. JBrown
• The profile folder name, e.g. C:\Users\JBrown

In most cases the two are the same. However, they could be totally different and it would not matter in the least.

While you can change the account name from JBrown to Everybody, the change is only superficial. It's a nickname. The underlying account name remains the same. You can press the Windows key + R and type this command to see for yourself:

cmd.exe /c net user "%UserName%" & pause

You cannot change the name of the profile folder. If you did through some sneaky means then you would cripple Windows.

 

Document, Picutures, etc Folders under C:\User\{username} vs Same named folders under C:\User\[username]\One Drive

What is the difference (content) between the folders Documents, Pictures, etc. in c:\Users\[username] and same named folders under c:\Users\[username]\OneDrive? Why aren't the contents the same?