Windows 10: Windows 10 User Profile Name not getting updated with Microsoft Account Profile Name

Discus and support Windows 10 User Profile Name not getting updated with Microsoft Account Profile Name in Windows Hello & Lockscreen to solve the problem; Hello All, I have recently bought a PC and started setting up with multiple family members as users. When I try to add my user using the Outlook... Discussion in 'Windows Hello & Lockscreen' started by Bharath Kumaar, Aug 6, 2020.

  1. Windows 10 User Profile Name not getting updated with Microsoft Account Profile Name


    Hello All,


    I have recently bought a PC and started setting up with multiple family members as users.


    When I try to add my user using the Outlook Account, I saw I am using *** Email address is removed for privacy *** as my sign in id for Outlook. So I have created an alias as *** Email address is removed for privacy ***. Then made *** Email address is removed for privacy *** as primary and removed *** Email address is removed for privacy ***. After adding the user to my desktop, it says as *** Email address is removed for privacy *** as the Profile Name. Whereas in Microsoft Account Web App, it says my name as Profile Name.


    So somehow the profile name is not getting reflected in my local machine.


    These are the things I have tried so far:

    1. I have even tried removing and adding the user again. Still the same issue.
    2. Also, changed into Sign in with a local account instead and again synced with Microsoft Account. It showed by name for that instant. But after signing out and signing in, it again changed into @OUTLOOK.COM
    3. Had a screen sharing sessiong with Microsoft Technical Support Agent. The person tried to set the name manually using netplwiz. But the same issue occured after signing out and signing in.


    Though it's not a big issue, it's kind of odd to see my email id in the lock screen.


    P.S. I have added three more users who are having @OUTLOOK.COM from the beginning. For them there is no issue.

    :)
     
    Bharath Kumaar, Aug 6, 2020
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  2. DSD
    DSD Win User

    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.
     
  3. dalchina Win User
    Wrong user name/profile in registry

    If at any point you're referring to the name of the folder
    changing the name of that is non-trivial and really should only be attempted by confident and experienced users who have made due preparation.

    That is covered in a separate tutorial:
    Change Name of User Profile Folder in Windows 10

    I think you will see from that why the change is not made automatically when simply changing the account name.
     
    dalchina, Aug 6, 2020
    #3
  4. ArmanMR Win User

    Windows 10 User Profile Name not getting updated with Microsoft Account Profile Name

    User Profile name

    Hi everyone! I got a problem with my user account in windows 10 and all the searches I did just failed.

    Well the problem actually might date back to the time someone installed windows on my newly-bought Asus x550i. They created the username then assigned as ASUS! And after I connected my microsoft account to it, The user account's storage folder in "C:\Users"
    got yet to adapt its name!

    Now when I add comments in PDFs, in comments pane the comments are assigned to author name "ASUS", and I'm pretty sure are any other things about authorship in windows, the same!

    Well, I have dug the settings and I found no way to change this "ASUS" thing to the name I prefer, And I have no clue what to do about it; Just that when I go to User Accounts in control panel, when I click on "Configure advanced user profile properties"
    in the left pane, there is this dialog window which comes up with a "\Asus" in the box in the middle as the profile name, and states the type and statues of the profile as local (and is the name of the microsoft account).

    Could anyone please help me?
     
    ArmanMR, Aug 6, 2020
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