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Help! I renamed my account via netplwiz and now no users show up.

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1. I pressed Windows+R and typed "netplwiz", opening the User Accounts menu.2. I clicked on my only account, changed the name, and pressed "OK", closing the menu.3. I repeated step 1, but this time, no account appeared there. ???4. To try and un-rename my account, I ran this command successfully in Command Prompt:net user "NewUsername" /fullname:"oldusername"where oldusername represents what my username was before this entire process, and NewUsername is the new one that I chose in step 2.That mustn't've worked because I still don't see an account in the User Accounts menu. How can I undo what

 

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