Steps to rename the User folder in Windows 10

Step 1: To rename the User folder on Windows 10, you need to know the SIDs of the Users, if you don't do this step, you will not be able to identify the User folder that needs to be changed.

You proceed to open MenuStart and enter Command Prompt to open CMD on the computer.

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Step 2: When the CMD window appears, enter the command 'wmic useraccount get name,SID' and press Enter to view the Users on Windows 10.

After viewing the list of Users on Win 10, you proceed to leave the CMD window intact to move to the next step.

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Step 3: Next, you continue to open the Start Menu and enter Registry Editor to open it.

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Step 4: When the Registry Editor window appears, proceed to Copy the link below and Paste it into the path to open.

ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionProfileList

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Step 5: At the Registry window, you will see a series of codes inside ProfileList. Your job now is to determine the correct code of the User account that needs to be renamed.

In this article, Software Tips will rename the User folder of Demo Account.

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Step 6: After determining the correct User folder to be renamed, open ProfileImagePath (1) and enter the new User folder name in Value Data (2). Finally, click OK (3) to finish.

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Step 7: After renaming the User folder on Windows 10 in Registry Editor, you need to log out of your account and perform a few more steps.
To log out of your account, open MenuStart -> Account -> Sign out.

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Step 8: At this point, a notification window will appear, select Dismiss.

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Step 9: Your last remaining job is to proceed to access the User folder on Windows 10 and Right-click -> Rename to proceed to rename them.

Note: You must change the name correctly with the name set in the Value Data section (Step 6), otherwise you will get an error and have to change it again.

After renaming is complete, you proceed to log out of your account like Step 7 and log back in to complete.

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In this article, TipsMake showed you how to rename the User folder in Windows 10 quickly and without errors. Have a nice day!

Marvin Fry

Update 09 July 2021