Windows 10: windows install - system user name is first 5 digits of email HELP!

i set up a new machine a few weeks ago with windows 10. spent days transferring stuff from 2 older machines onto this one. installed all my software. it's finally set up the way i need, and then i notice that my system name under \users is the first 5 letters of my email address. it's offensive and embarrassing as it is - totally not when in context with the entire address. ****, microsoft? i'm pretty sure you have developers that are able to code a simple USERNAME request?how do i change this? will i have to reformat, set up a new microsoft account, and start again? please help.

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Windows 10 changed my user name


Ditto me for mine. Original user folder maintained through upgrade (local account, associated MS account during setup), then during clean install I just tendered the MS account email and got a user folder labeled with the first 5 letters of that email.

If it bothers you, someone in another thread suggested creating the original user as a local account, (selectively) restoring data that matters from the original account from a backup (if you have it, which I do), optionally associating the MS account with the new (old named) user account, and then abandoning the first account you set up with clean install (migrating any abandoned account data that matters first to your preferred account). I've got that as a low priority on my to-do list for the moment.

Of course, WHY what I just suggested might get replaced with a 5 letter account name I intended to abandon a few days later, as you describe, huh - no idea.

 

User Name

Hi Bradford,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

As per the issue description you are willing to have your name instead of email address at login screen.
If you are using Microsoft account for logging to the system then it will be hard to remove email address and show your name only. However, if you want then you may create new user profile as a local account with administrator permission. In this account
you may keep the name you want.

For creating new user profile you may refer to the steps provided below.

• 
  Press Windows key + R
  
• 
  Type control userpasswords2 and click OK
  
• 
  Click on add under users tab
  
• 
  Click the option, "Sign-in without a Microsoft account
  
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  Click on Local account
  
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  Choose a name for the account
  
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  Add password if you want to
  
• 
  Apply and click OK.
  

For more information you may refer to the article mentioned below and see if it helps.

Create a local user account in Windows 10

If issue still persists post back with current status of your computer and result of proposed suggestion, we will be happy to assist you.



Regards,