How To Rename User Profile Folder In Windows 10 - Change User Profile Folder Name
Run cmd as administrator and type- net user Administrator /active:yes
login to administrator
Open - regedit
Go to - Hkey_local_machine/software/microsoft/windows NT/currentversion/profilelist/ profile list (which u wanna change)/change the profileimagepath
Change name
Open run and type - netplwiz
Change your username
Sign out of Administrator Account
Login to your account
Run cmd as administrator and type- net user Administrator /active:no
In this video we will see how to Rename user profile folder or change user profile folder name/how to change administrator name/change active user directory name on your pc. This solution will work on Windows (Windows xp,Windows Vista,Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1,Windows 10,Windows Server includes all 32bit and 64bit Versions). How to rename user profile folder? We are going to change user profile folder using administrator account(we are creating temporary administrator account on your pc) on your windows pc. Follow easy steps given below. Make sure you enter same new username in every step you need to change your name otherwise you will lose your data/corrupt user profile and need to fix/repair/rebuild user profile if you mess it up. If you try rename your profile folder/edit name or move a user profile folder directly you will get this following error - cannot rename user profile folder access denied/can’t rename user profile folder. We are going to use cmd(run as administrator) in this video to create administrator account you can also use powershell but use it as administrator.
Follow these simple steps to change user profile folder on Windows
1) Go to windows search
2) Search cmd
3) Right click on cmd and select run as administrator
4) Click Yes
5) Type- net user administrator /active:yes
6) Press enter
7) Click On Start
8) Click on Accounts
9) Click On Sign Out
10) Click On Administrator
11) Click Sign in
12) Open File Explorer
13) Open This PC(My Computer)
14) Open Local Disk(C:)
15) Open Users
16) Rename User Folder
17) Go To Windows Search
18) Search run
19) Open Run
20) Type regedit
21) Click OK
22) Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
23) Open SOFTWARE
24) Open Microsoft
25) Go to Windows NT
26) Open Windows NT
27) Open CurrentVersion
28) Go To ProfileList
29) Open ProfileList
30) Open ProfileList Folder that shows your username
31) Double click on ProfileImagePath
32) Open User Folder
33) Copy Name From User Folder
34) Paste username (just change users nothing else)
35) Click OK
36) Close Registry Editor
37) Go To Windows Search
38) Search run
39) Open run
40) Type netplwiz
41) Click OK
42) Double click on your user name
43) Open user folder
44) Copy name from user folder
45) Paste username
46) Click Apply
47) Click OK
48) Click OK
49) Close user folder
50) Click On Start
51) Click on accounts
52) Click on Sign Out
53) Open your user account
54) Click Sign In
55) Go To Windows Search
56) Search cmd
57) Right click on cmd and select run as administrator
58) Type- net user administrator /active:no
59) Press enter
Done! You changed name of your user folder
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