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
Nco ntsoov tsim qhov taw tes rov qab tsuas yog thaum muaj qee yam yuam kev.
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 thawj tswj cov account (you don’t want to change this administrator account).
Nco ntsoov: 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. Qhib Command Prompt. Tus neeg siv tuaj yeem ua cov kauj ruam no los ntawm kev tshawb nrhiav 'cmd' Thiab tom qab ntawd nias sau.
4. Ntaus cov lus txib hauv qab no rau hauv cmd thiab ntaus 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. Nias Windows Key + R ces ntaus regedit thiab ntaus Enter kom qhib Registry Editor.
7. Nkag mus rau tus yuam sij npe hauv qab no:
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 raws li koj nyiam.
Piv txwv li: Yog tias nws yog C:UsersMicrosoft_Windows10 then you could change it to C:UsersWindows10
10. Close Registry Editor then press Windows Key + E los qhib cov ntaub ntawv Explorer.
11. Nkag mus rau C: Cov neeg siv in the Windows File Explorer.
12. Txoj cai-nias rau ntawm user profile folder thiab 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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Qhov ntawd yog nws koj tau kawm tiav How to Rename User Profile Folder in Windows 10 tab sis yog tias koj tseem muaj lus nug txog qhov kev qhia no ces xav nug lawv hauv nqe lus hais.