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Change user name in "Documents and Settings"

How do I change a user name that's under "Documents and Settings"?

If I right click and select rename, windows does not allow that folder to be renamed, giving some "security" warning.

I've been to control panel , but that name does not show up under "users".

I'm running windows xp sp1.

PaulADavis

change the name of the user account ..... the documents and settings name has to be the same as the user account name.....

merowinger

hi wizard_99 ,

right click my computer
+manage
+local users and groups
+click on users
+right click on the user account you want to rename
+rename

mero

PaulADavis

each user account on the computer has a profile and that's the user profile....

what do you hope to accomplish....or better yet... why do you want to change the name?

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viery

oBdA, you are so cool! Thanks a lot.

astonMarton

It was a great answer for Win NT, but left me unsure about Win XP. The answer said "Open regedit, go to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList" which implies it is for Win NT. But the question was for Win XP, which I also have. My registry does not have that key.

Kenneniah

No the answer was not for Windows NT. Windows XP, 2000, and 2003 all also have the HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT section.

boardtc

Great answer. thanks, tom.

Change user name in &quot;Documents and Settings&quot;

Change user name in "Documents and Settings"