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    how to change user name folder in vista

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by lookitsakyauk, Jan 7, 2009.

  1. lookitsakyauk

    lookitsakyauk Notebook Consultant

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    I changed my user name via control panel users but in the c drive user folder the name of the folder has not. How do i change it, right clicking the folder and looking for rename does not work.
     
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    I don't know but, Log off and login with the new user name? or restart?
     
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    tried restarting
     
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    Doesn't look like you can do that in _Vista, other than by creating an entirely new user account and deleting the old one (after, of course, having moved all of your files over :D), at least as per this vistax64.com forum thread.
     
    Shyster1, Jan 7, 2009
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