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 cuenta de administrador (you don’t want to change this administrator account).
Nota: 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. Abra el símbolo del sistema. El usuario puede realizar este paso buscando 'cmd' Y luego presione Enter.
4. Escriba el siguiente comando en cmd y presione Enter:
wmic useraccount get name,SID
5. Anota el SID of the account you want to change the name of the user profile folder.
6. Presione la tecla Windows + R y luego escriba regedit y presione Enter para abrir el Editor del Registro.
7. Navegue a la siguiente clave de registro:
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 Ruta de la imagen del perfil.
9. Now, under Value data field, change the name of the user profile folder De acuerdo a sus preferencias.
Por ejemplo: Si es C:UsersMicrosoft_Windows10 then you could change it to C:UsersWindows10
10. Close Registry Editor then press Windows Key + E para abrir el Explorador de archivos.
11. Navegue hasta el C: Usuarios in the Windows File Explorer.
12. Haga clic derecho en el carpeta de perfil de usuario y rename according to the new path to the profile you have renamed in step 9.
13. Cierra todo y reinicia tu PC para guardar los cambios.
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