Windows 10: Renamed User account, now want to rename its folder

I renamed a User account by using netplwiz. It was all good - the user can easily login and see all his files.

Now I need to rename C:\User\<name> folder accordingly, but it does not work. The user cannot see his files upon logging in.

I believe that there must be somewhere a mapping scheme between Account name and folder name. Where it is and how I can cleanly rename the folder?

My Windows 10 version 1903 (OS build 18362.959)


Thanks

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Renaming the users folders

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

You are trying to rename the User folder, which can’t be done through the File explorer. Whatever user name you use of your User account, user account folder will have same name. You can rename the Subfolder of the User account folder but not User
account folder.

If you want rename the User account folder, change user account name using the suggestion

Lets’ refer to these steps to rename the User account and check if that helps.

• Press Windows and X keys together.
• Click on Control Panel, click on User Accounts.
• Click on User account, then click on “Change your account name”
• If it’s prompting for password please enter and click on Yes. If you do not have password click on
  Yes.
• Enter the new user name.
• Click on change name.

Reference link for more information.

Windows 8 User Folder Rename.

Windows 8 User Folder Rename



Please do let us know if you need further help.

 

User Folder Renamed

It is totally unclear what you did and how. The fact is that Windows will not let you rename your profile folder while you are logged on. The only way goes like this. Note that this is is an unsupported operation that could cause serious problems:

1. Log on under a different account, one that has admin privileges.
2. Rename the folder C:\Users\Nath to C:\Users\Nathan
3. Adjust certain keys in the registry to reflect the change.

Now please report exactly what you did.

 

Rename User Folder

If you rename the user account it should rename the folder , at least it worked for me, the folder used to be called HP and now carries my name after signing in with my Microsoft account.