Windows 10: User Profile Folder Name

This just something I'm starting up in hopes that enough people will complain about it that Microsoft will change the programming to make it easier to get your User folder renamed. Because going through the hassle of creating a new user, backing up all your files in your current folder, signing in to new user, deleting old account, linking new account with existing Microsoft account, and recovering all your files. Is just too much BS to go through to change a simple name on a folder.

I upgraded from Windows 7. Honestly rather than dealing with the folder naming issue I may try to go back to Windows 7. I don't want to really do that though. I just want them to listen to customers and fix it. I'm not the only person with this issue. This has been a troublesome topic since at least 2015. I spent a bit of time on search engines and read a few topics. I just don't know why they won't fix it. At least they could just ask the question about what you want your folder to be named during install instead of all people just get to have a lowercase five digit abbreviation.

I know this is a silly topic to get so worked up about but it really bothers me to see the last letter of my name chopped off like that.

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Need help with changing name of user profile folder


I would like to change the name of the user profile folder. I have found and tried a few methods including one from Microsoft forums. None of them worked. I kept getting something about my User needing to sign out and back in again that there was a problem, so I would sign out and back in again and it didn't work. I think the reason is because Windows created a TEMP user and would log me in under that so there would be a folder named C/User/TEMP and still the original named folder of C/User/myuserfolder.

I found this on the forums here: Change Name of User Profile Folder in Windows 10 | Windows 10 Tutorials

The instructions are very similar to what I have tried. In the above post John W used safe mode. Do I need to go through all the steps again as listed in the post and then go into safe mode, or can I just use safe mode to change the folder name?

Also, are there newer instructions for how to do this with updates to Windows since the above thread was posted over a year ago?

Thanks in advance.

 

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.

 

Change user folder name

Hello Lavisch,

You can safely use the method in the tutorial below to rename the user profile folder for your account.

Just to make sure, it is critical that you do step 1 and 2. You will need to be signed out of the account you want to rename the user profile folder for.

Change Name of User Profile Folder in Windows 10