Windows 10: Is it possible to rename profile folder name without causing any issues?

I noticed when username is renamed the profile folder C:\users\xyz stays xyz it does not change.

If we were to rename profile folder name to be consistent with renamed username would it cause any issues?

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Renaming user profile


Hello Chux, *Smile

The tutorial below can help show you how to safely rename your user profile folder.

*Warning It is critical that you do step 1 and 2 exactly to prevent issues.

*Arrow Change Name of User Profile Folder in Windows 10 | Windows 10 Tutorials

 

files and folders "renaming music folder to audio"

Hello,

Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community. I am glad to assist you on this.

• Are you facing any issues in renaming folder?
• When you say, "music folder does not apply anymore as a primary designation" what exactly are you referring to?

Follow the steps below to rename folder:

• Right click on a folder which you want to rename.
• Select Rename and enter new name for it.

Hope this helps. Kindly get back to us with the above details to assist you further.

Thank You.

 

Desktopini created instead of a folder renaming

Every time I try to rename a folder on my PC (Windows 10 Pro), instead of renaming the file, it creates a desktop.ini folder, and inside of it is the following information

[.ShellClassInfo]

LocalizedResourceName=

After LocalizedResourceName= is the name of the folder that I renamed it to. So if it was Folder1 and I rename it to Folder2, that file will say:

[.ShellClassInfo]

LocalizedResourceName=Folder2

... but the actual foldername will still be Folder1

Searching the Internet lists a bunch of random suggestions, none of which work. Anyone know why this happens? I'm pretty close to abandoning File Explorer, as it seems to be the cause of this issue.