Changing directory name

[MorganO]

Right so i somehow made a spelling error when i fresh installed windows 10

C:/kayse/documents for example kayse is spelt incorrectly how can i change it to C:/kaysey/documents without breaking everything that relies on C:/kayse/

is it possible to change it?

many thanks

[Guest]

It is user name. You need to make a new username. There is no way of renaming that I know of

[stealth80]

all the sub directories that are in that dir should change as well, prob is any short cuts will not work

[Tedster]

You could certainly rename it, it's just probably difficult and a very bad idea. As suggested above, create a new user.

[stealth80]

2 minutes ago, KOMTechAndGaming said:

Right so i somehow made a spelling error when i fresh installed windows 10

C:/kayse/documents for example kayse is spelt incorrectly how can i change it to C:/kaysey/documents without breaking everything that relies on C:/kayse/

is it possible to change it?

many thanks

Infact, is this windows 10? My name gets abbreviated down to 5 letters also, it maybe a win10 function

[Tedster]

2 minutes ago, stealth80 said:

Infact, is this windows 10? My name gets abbreviated down to 5 letters also, it maybe a win10 function

Mine didn't, for some reason, but then I don't have a connected M$ account, I don't think

[stealth80]

1 minute ago, Tedster said:

Mine didn't, for some reason.

Hmm odd, I never really paid it any attention until this post popped up, it was like it on my old build and I carried out a full 3x drive wipe when I moved it to my INWIN 303

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, Tedster said:

Mine didn't, for some reason, but then I don't have a connected M$ account, I don't think

Connected account do so. Mine got cutten too. Cutten is that a word? Damn I need to english sometime

[MorganO]

21 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

It is user name. You need to make a new username. There is no way of renaming that I know of

and if i make a new username how can i transfer everything over?

i sign in using my windows account

[Guest]

Just now, KOMTechAndGaming said:

and if i make a new username how can i transfer everything over?

i sign in using my windows account

Move? Just physically move it?

[MorganO]

1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Move? Just physically move it?

ive tried before and it seems to break shortcuts, ill try 

[GoodBytes]

You can do it... but you need to be outside of the OS to do it, and you need a deep knowledge of the registry layout of Windows, including how to edit SAM. Assuming you know all that, it will still be faster than making a new account with your user name properly set, and move all your stuff, and delete the old account.

[MorganO]

3 minutes ago, GoodBytes said:

You can do it... but you need to be outside of the OS to do it, and you need a deep knowledge of the registry layout of Windows, including how to edit SAM. Assuming you know all that, it will still be faster than making a new account with your user name properly set, and move all your stuff, and delete the old account.

sounds complicated 

[GoodBytes]

3 minutes ago, KOMTechAndGaming said:

sounds complicated 

Not complicated (assuming you have old hardware to replace around), just time consuming.

 

First remove any overclocking you have done. If you really can't do anything (system turns on, no image on the screen, nothing happens, you checked your manual of your motherboard to see how to force in the UEFI/BIOS in, and you tried and it doesn't work), then follow ONLY step (2) bellow. If that still doesn't help, then follow step (3) bellow only. If that doesn't work, then it looks like your motherboard is broken.

 

Once overclock removed, if you have a spare computer this is what you can do:

1. Remove it's HDD/SSD, and plug in your broken computer one instead. Turn on the system, and see if it boots under Windows (Windows 10 will detect new hardware, for the first startup will take some time, and might restart during the process, just wait. It is NORMAL that once it starts Windows 10 and you are in your account, that Windows 10 says it isn't activated... don't worry, it will re-activate back automatically once you put it back in your original computer). If everything works, then you know that your HDD/SSD of your faulty system is fine, and that is not the problem.
    
2. If your system has integrated graphics, just unplug your GPU from the system, and switch to the integrated graphics. Does that help? If yes, then great, you know the problem looks like to be the GPU, if not, then that is not it, but keep the GPU out of the system. If your system doesn't have an integrated graphics solution, plug one (any) from another system, and diagnose similarly.
    
3. If that doesn't help, it can be your RAM, replace your RAM module from the ones from another system, and see if that helps or not. If you don't have the same type of RAM, then remove your sticks out, and test your system with only 1, if that doesn't work, switch with the other and see. It is unlikely that both are broken (although it can happen).