Go to the C:\users\ folder and rename the subfolder with the original user name to the new user name.You may need to create a new Administrative account at first. Log in by using another administrative account.And the only registry change required is to edit a single string value (the one that tells Windows the path of the user profile folder): There is no need to create a new user account, so all the settings associated with the existing user profile are preserved. Microsoft has actually documented a very simple and clean way to rename a user profile folder.ĮDIT Feb 2022: If you plan to use winget to manage your Windows installations at any point, note that Microsoft now warns against using this procedure under Windows 10 or later as it can stop winget working.
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