A user profile is a place where Windows 10 stores a collection of settings and preferences, making a user account the way it looks for that particular account. All these settings and preferences are stored in a folder called User Profile folder located in C:UsersUser_name. It contains all the settings for screensavers, desktop background, sound settings, display settings and other features. The User Profile also contains users personal files & folders such as Desktop, Documents, Download, Favorites, Links, Music, Pictures etc.
Whenever you add a new user account in Windows 10, a new user profile for that account is automatically created. Since the user profile is automatically created, you don’t get to specify the User Profile folder’s name, so this tutorial will show you How to Rename User Profile Folder in Windows 10.
Rename User Profile Folder in Windows 10
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1. Sign out of the user account for which you want to change the name of the user profile folder.
2. Now you need to sign in to any administrateur rekening (you don’t want to change this administrator account).
let wel: If you don’t have access to an administrator account, you can enable the built-in Administrator to sign in to Windows and do these steps.
3. Maak opdragprompt oop. Die gebruiker kan hierdie stap uitvoer deur te soek na 'cmd' en druk dan Enter.
4. Tik die volgende opdrag in cmd en druk Enter:
wmic useraccount get name,SID
5. Note down the SID of the account you want to change the name of the user profile folder.
6. Druk Windows-sleutel + R en tik dan regedit en druk Enter om Registerredigeerder oop te maak.
7. Navigeer na die volgende registersleutel:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsNTCurrentVersionProfileList
8. From the left pane, select the SID which you noted in step 5 then in the right window, pane double-click on ProfileImagePath.
9. Now, under Value data field, change the name of the user profile folder volgens u voorkeure.
Byvoorbeeld: As dit is C:UsersMicrosoft_Windows10 then you could change it to C:UsersWindows10
10. Close Registry Editor then press Windows-sleutel + E om File Explorer te open.
11. Navigeer na die C: Users in the Windows File Explorer.
12. Regsklik op die user profile folder en rename according to the new path to the profile you have renamed in step 9.
13. Close everything and reboot your PC to save changes.
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