Windows – changing account name doesn’t change folder name

user-managementwindows 7

I had an account named "Name". If I went into cmd with this account the default home directory was C:\Users\Name. Now that I've renamed this account to "Main User" the default home directory is still C:\Users\Name. Any idea how I can change the directory name to match the new account name?

Thanks!

Best Answer

The default directory gets its name on a fresh account name, renaming an old user doesn't make the default directory to change as it will cause major problems to many of the programs installed.Best shot is to create a new user and deleting the old user after making the backup of the desired things you might need.

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