Wrong username

[Guest]

I did a reinstall of Win 10 and now my username is displayed wrong under C:/user/name. It doesn't matter if I'm logged in via a local account or the microsoft account, it shows the name wrong in both instances. 

[Evolution.]

change the username

[Guest]

27 minutes ago, VenomZ_ said:

change the username

doesn't do anything

[GoodBytes]

The user name of the folder is generated based on the name you gave to your Microsoft account. It cannot be renamed (well not easily... see the end note). What you can do however is the following:

 

To have a different name, you need to create a new Local account with the name you want (make sure you set it to Admin), and switch to it. It will generate the account, and the folder name under C:\Users\, will be the same as the one of the Local account. Once done, now you can link it to your Microsoft account, and the account will not be renamed. Now, you can move your stuff between accounts and delete the wrongly name account.

 

So in other words:

Say your MS account has the name: John, but you want Steve.

 - Create a local account with the name Steve.

 - Set it as Admin (as this will be your main account)

 - Login into Steve account. You'll now notice C:\Users\Steve

 - Now, join it to your Microsoft account. C:\Users\Steve will remain.

 

The reason you can't rename the account, is that they are massive amount of registry items to rename, and you'll need to edit the SAM (hidden registry section for accounts).