User account name

woldsweather · Jan 27, 2025

See attached. My user account is Trevor yet my desktop comes under trevo. Can I simply replace trevo by Trevor?

antspants · Jan 27, 2025

Change Name of User Profile Folder in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to rename a user profile folder for any account (local account or Microsoft account) in Windows 10 and Windows 11. When adding a new user account in Windows, a profile for the account is automatically created when the user signs in to the new account for the...

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woldsweather · Jan 27, 2025

Neither of the first 2 options in powershell or command prompt work, I get errors in red.

glasskuter · Jan 27, 2025

woldsweather said:
Can I simply replace trevo by Trevor?

No.
@antspants suggestion must be done using the hidden administrator account as his tutorial says.
Do @antspants suggestion that changes the user folder name.
Then log back into your account to do this to change user name that appears throughout windows screens, That includes th signin screen.

Change User Account Name in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to change the name of a local account or Microsoft account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Having different accounts on a shared PC lets multiple people use the same device, all while giving everyone their own sign-in info, plus access to their own files, browser...

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woldsweather · Jan 27, 2025

I get errors when I run both codes in the tutorial. As its in the admin account I can't copy them here.

antspants · Jan 27, 2025

According to the tutorial I posted, Changing the name of an account's user profile folder will not change the user account name.

Also

As glasskuter mentioned:

Brink said:
Sign in to any administrator account on the PC that you are not changing its user profile folder name. Temporarily enable the built-in Administrator to sign in to do these steps

As per the tutorial. As you are changing the Admin account, you’ll have to use the Built In Administrators account to achieve this.

You need to read through the tutorial clearly before you start, as with all tutorials, for best results

antspants · Jan 27, 2025

Using the built in admin account should suffice. I am not aware that one needs to create a new user. As per the tutorial:

Brink said:
If you do not have another administrator account, then you can temporarily enable the built-in Administrator to sign in to do these steps.

antspants · Jan 27, 2025

Except one isn’t needed. The OP is already hitting stumbling blocks due to missing some ”Steps in the tutorial” I don’t see the need to add any more steps to complicate the issue.

But sure, you’re right, both methods would work. Perhaps you should suggest Brink changes the tutorial?

woldsweather · Saturday at 4:17 AM

I am now in deep S&^%t ! I got to step 11 but the only folders there were default, admin and public.
I rebooted system restored and edited the ProfileImagePath back to trevo
.

Now I log in to my user profile as normal but it has created a new profile.

Can't use my outlook email either.

Forget trhe renaming the folder can I just get back to my files?

Winuser · Saturday at 2:48 PM

woldsweather said:
Can't use my outlook email either.

What error are you getting? Do you have a backup image you can restore from? This is just a FYI and not a solution. When setting up Windows 11, MS wants us to use our MS Account. One of the down falls is that we can't choose our user name. Windows uses the first five characters of our email address. That's one of the reason I take the needed steps to first setup with a local account and then sign in to my MS Account. I do hope you get your problem fixed.

woldsweather · Saturday at 3:20 PM

I followed steps to set up a new prfile then go to C:/users

ldname to copy files across but C:/users /oldname isn't there

woldsweather · Saturday at 3:22 PM

I have all my data backed up but I's really rather not have to install 10's of software again. Most is installed on D drive.

dacrone · Saturday at 5:12 PM

if it is listed as trevo then you were originally (99% odds) signed in with a Microsoft account. it takes the first 5 letters of your Microsoft account email and uses that as your user account name. since you apparently already switched to a local account, to change that folder properly:

Change User Account Name in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to change the name of a local account or Microsoft account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Having different accounts on a shared PC lets multiple people use the same device, all while giving everyone their own sign-in info, plus access to their own files, browser...

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Change Display Name of Account in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to change the full name of a local account or Microsoft account used as the display name in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Having different accounts on a shared PC lets multiple people use the same device, all while giving everyone their own sign-in info, plus access...

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