When I first installed Windows 10 I used the option to sign in with my Microsoft account, what I did not know at the time is that Microsoft automatically creates a user account using the first 5 letters of your email address. My users folder now looks like C:\Users\jesmi when I really prefer to use my first name such as C:\Users\John.
Is there a way to change the name of my user account that is linked to my Microsoft account?
If not, is there a work around for this?
Is there a way to install Windows 10 and force it to use a user account with a name I choose?
I have already tried changing the user account name and changing registry settings to point to new users folder, but this did not work and I was forced to restore my system to a previous backup.
Update
I now know that renaming a user account that is already linked to a Microsoft Account is a bad idea and should be avoided. See the much better solutions below.
Best Answer
Or make a hard directory link (must run as administrator) between what you want and what you have?
The user folder
jesmiwill still be there, but you can ignore it.