Guest Bob Posted October 2, 2008 Posted October 2, 2008 Hi, I had a typo when setting up users in XP Pro SP3 and now the one user name in Documents & Settings is incorrect. I changed the username in Control Panels/Users and also using Regedit to change it under HLM/Software/Microsoft/WindowsNT/CurrentVersion. This all went fine but the user name on the Folder is D&S is still incorrect. Logon at startup is correct. Any ideas on where/how I can change this last remnant of my mistake would be appreciated. Thanks!
Guest Malke Posted October 2, 2008 Posted October 2, 2008 Re: Change user folder name in D&S Bob wrote: > Hi, > > I had a typo when setting up users in XP Pro SP3 and now the one user name > in Documents & Settings is incorrect. I changed the username in Control > Panels/Users and also using Regedit to change it under > HLM/Software/Microsoft/WindowsNT/CurrentVersion. This all went fine but > the user name on the Folder is D&S is still incorrect. > > Logon at startup is correct. You can't just change the name. That is cosmetic and will not affect the true user account identification. You must create a new user account with the correct name and then copy the old account to it. You do this while logged into a third account (not the ones being copied from and to). You must log into the new correct account once before you can copy anything to it. It is very quickly and easily done. Copy a User Account - http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=811151 Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
Guest Bob Posted October 2, 2008 Posted October 2, 2008 Re: Change user folder name in D&S Thanks for the advice Malke "Malke" <malke@invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:uLdau8MJJHA.5288@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Bob wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I had a typo when setting up users in XP Pro SP3 and now the one user >> name >> in Documents & Settings is incorrect. I changed the username in Control >> Panels/Users and also using Regedit to change it under >> HLM/Software/Microsoft/WindowsNT/CurrentVersion. This all went fine but >> the user name on the Folder is D&S is still incorrect. >> >> Logon at startup is correct. > > You can't just change the name. That is cosmetic and will not affect the > true user account identification. You must create a new user account with > the correct name and then copy the old account to it. You do this while > logged into a third account (not the ones being copied from and to). You > must log into the new correct account once before you can copy anything to > it. It is very quickly and easily done. > > Copy a User Account - > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=811151 > > Malke > -- > MS-MVP > Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! > FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ >
Guest Bruce Chambers Posted October 3, 2008 Posted October 3, 2008 Re: Change user folder name in D&S Bob wrote: > Hi, > > I had a typo when setting up users in XP Pro SP3 and now the one user name > in Documents & Settings is incorrect. I changed the username in Control > Panels/Users and also using Regedit to change it under > HLM/Software/Microsoft/WindowsNT/CurrentVersion. This all went fine but the > user name on the Folder is D&S is still incorrect. > > Logon at startup is correct. > > Any ideas on where/how I can change this last remnant of my mistake would be > appreciated. > > Thanks! > > The user profile folders (C:\Documents and Settings\Username) _cannot_ be renamed, without risky registry editing, even if the associated user account has been. So, your best course of action would be to log on using the built-in Administrator account, create a new user account, with the username desired. Once you've logged in using this new account (and transfered any data you need to preserve, you can then delete the old user account(s). HOW TO Create and Configure User Accounts in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;279783 How to Copy User Data to a New User Profile http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811151 -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot
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