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I can't change User Folder name
I just recently bought a notebook with Vista Home premium. My friend was the
one who installed the OS and typed her name. I know I can change the administrator name through the control panel. However, when I try renaming the user folder it tells me that I do not have permission to do it. Please help me how I can change it to my name. Thanks! |
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I can't change User Folder name
r3nr3w wrote:
I just recently bought a notebook with Vista Home premium. My friend was the one who installed the OS and typed her name. I know I can change the administrator name through the control panel. However, when I try renaming the user folder it tells me that I do not have permission to do it. Please help me how I can change it to my name. Thanks! Hello, Changing the name of your user folder is not supported because many applications depend on the name of this folder not changing. -- -JB Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User Windows Vista Support FAQ - http://www.jimmah.com/vista/ |
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I can't change User Folder name
I also have the same problem with a computer I bought from Sam Club. Is the only way to reset that user folder name to reload the computer? Is it possible to do this in the regestry? Thanks Jim -- grammjr Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com |
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I can't change User Folder name
The user folder name at Computer Local Disk (C users account_folder_name can’t be changed because that folder name is used in too many Vista OS files. But you can change the account name at Control Panel….User Accounts if you want to change the log-on name. The only known easy solution is to create another user account with the desired folder name and migrate all the settings and folders over to the new account. -- oscar "Right click is a good friend..." "grammjr" wrote in message ... I also have the same problem with a computer I bought from Sam Club. Is the only way to reset that user folder name to reload the computer? Is it possible to do this in the regestry? Thanks Jim -- grammjr Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com |
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