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Part 1 of 2:
Editing the Folder Name
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Images 1 of How to Rename the User Folder on Windows Log into a different administrator user on your computer. You can't change the name of your user folder when you're logged in from the same account. You have to log in from a different admin account to change a user account's name. -
Images 2 of How to Rename the User Folder on Windows Open the Start menu. Find and click the Windows icon in the lower-left corner of your screen to open it. -
Images 3 of How to Rename the User Folder on Windows Click This PC on the Start menu. This will open a list of all your connected drives and devices in a new window.- On some versions of Windows, this option may be named Computer or My Computer.
- If you don't see this option, you can search the Start menu by typing in the search box here.
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Images 4 of How to Rename the User Folder on Windows Double-click your system hard drive. This is the hard drive that contains your Windows folder.- Your system hard drive is indicated by "C:" on most computers. However, if you have multiple internal storage drives or disk partitions, you may find your Windows folder on a different drive, such as "D:", "E:" or "F:".
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Images 5 of How to Rename the User Folder on Windows Double-click the Users folder. -
Images 6 of How to Rename the User Folder on Windows Right-click the user folder you want to rename. This will open a drop-down menu. -
Images 7 of How to Rename the User Folder on Windows Select Rename. This option will let you edit, modify, or rewrite the name of this user folder. -
Images 8 of How to Rename the User Folder on Windows Enter a new name for the user folder. You can modify this user's current name, or delete it and enter a new one -
Images 9 of How to Rename the User Folder on Windows Press ↵ Enter on your keyboard. It will save this user folder's new name.
Part 2 of 2:
Editing the Profile Image Path
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Images 10 of How to Rename the User Folder on Windows Open the Run window. You can find and click Run on the Start menu, or press the ⊞ Win+R shortcut on your keyboard to open it. -
Images 11 of How to Rename the User Folder on Windows Enter regedit in the Run window. Click the text field next to "Open:" in order to type. -
Images 12 of How to Rename the User Folder on Windows Click OK in the Run window. This will open your Registry Editor in a new window. -
Images 13 of How to Rename the User Folder on Windows Find and click theicon next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE on the left panel. It will reveal a list of all of this folder's sub-folders.
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Images 15 of How to Rename the User Folder on Windows Click theicon next to SOFTWARE.
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Images 17 of How to Rename the User Folder on Windows Click theicon next to Microsoft.
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Images 19 of How to Rename the User Folder on Windows Click theicon next to Windows NT.
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Images 21 of How to Rename the User Folder on Windows Click theicon next to CurrentVersion.
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Images 23 of How to Rename the User Folder on Windows Click theicon next to ProfileList. This folder contains a different sub-folder for each user account saved on your computer.
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Images 25 of How to Rename the User Folder on Windows Find the correct sub-folder for the user you want to rename. Open a sub-folder under ProfileList, and check the Data column next to ProfileImagePath. The Data column should indicate the folder directory for your user folder.- For example, if your user account's name is USER1 and your system files are stored on your C: drive, the Data column should read C:UsersUSER1.
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Images 26 of How to Rename the User Folder on Windows Double-click the ProfileImagePath file. This will open a new window titled Edit String. -
Images 27 of How to Rename the User Folder on Windows Click and edit the username under the Value data heading. The user account name here should match the new name of the user folder on your system drive.- For example, if you changed your user folder's name from USER1 to USER0, the directory here will still read C:UsersUSER1. Change it to C:/Users/USER0.
- Click OK. This will save your changes. You can now log out of this account, and log into your original user account with your new account name.
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