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WTA Change windows user account folder name
TSnidunalza
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Nov 17 2017, 10:11 AM, updated 7y ago
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Hi,
Tried to see if this topic has been covered but cannot find. Anyway, when I first registered my laptop I used a microsoft account. So by default my user folder name was truncated to the first 5 alphabets of my microsoft account email. And there is no option to change the folder name. Anyone knows a workaround? There are some forums suggesting create a local account with admin priviledge then migrate over. But I still cant figure out how to change the user account name. javascript:emoticon(':bangwall:') If anyone can help.. much appreciated!!
P.S: My computer skills so so only. javascript:emoticon(':sweat:')
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breaker84
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Nov 17 2017, 10:16 AM
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you mean this one? This post has been edited by breaker84: Nov 17 2017, 10:17 AM
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dcheah
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Nov 28 2017, 11:28 AM
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QUOTE(nidunalza @ Nov 17 2017, 10:11 AM) Hi, Tried to see if this topic has been covered but cannot find. Anyway, when I first registered my laptop I used a microsoft account. So by default my user folder name was truncated to the first 5 alphabets of my microsoft account email. And there is no option to change the folder name. Anyone knows a workaround? There are some forums suggesting create a local account with admin priviledge then migrate over. But I still cant figure out how to change the user account name. javascript:emoticon(':bangwall:') If anyone can help.. much appreciated!! P.S: My computer skills so so only. javascript:emoticon(':sweat:') You need to create a temporary local admin account (eg. tempadmin), then login that account & remove the Microsoft account profile (backup your data first). Then create another local admin account that correspond to your "preferred name". Login to that new account & sync it with Microsoft account. If everything is works then you can remove that temp admin account.
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dgboy
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Dec 1 2017, 09:01 AM
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