How to change username in C:/Users folder in Windows 8.1?

Question

Microsoft

The fact is that a few days I decided to rename myself in Windows. Renamed, a new name appeared in the system, but in the C: / Users folder the user name is old. I cannot rename the folder with my profile, because the "Rename" item is missing. What to do with it? Win8.1 Pro.

Answer 1

Let's say you need to rename the folder of user 1. Log in as user 2 (must be admin), rename the folder of user 1 (such an item will appear), then change the path to the folder of user 1 in the registry. How to do this, google "change the path to the user folder registry ", and put a new path to the folder there (the path is essentially the old one, the name of the final folder will change at the end)

Answer 2

The easiest way is to create a symlink, then the "reg-hack" is not needed, and no applications with absolute paths will break off (objects will be available immediately via the new and old paths).

cmd.exe /k cd /d "%userprofile%\.." && mklink /d "%username%" "old username"

Answer 3

try this
ps I have win 10 and OS X, but 8.1 in this problem seems to be similar to 7
More options:
- delete windows
- create new user