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How do I change my user directory name on the computer? Windows 10
Hi I just bought a new computer for my mother in law. I created the first account..that is an administrator for my mother in law. Then I used her account to create another admin account for myself. This is for Windows 10. I logged in with my microsoft ID and everything looked fine. Then I started discovering things weren't working properly in the account so I contacted support for my computer.
They thought that maybe I should create a new user account and see if that fixes the bugs. The support person created an account called "Test." Once I examined "Test" to see if everything was functional, and it was, I deleted my old/original account and logged in with my microsoft ID on the "test" account. From the main screen it shows my picture, and when I log in, my walpaper and other settings are there. It even shows my proper name in the account.
I thought everything was ok, but then I went into the user directory from CMD and noticed that my user directory was still called test and that the account I deleted was still showing up.
What I want to do is have my user account name in CMD associated with my microsoft id email address like it originally was.
Now when I see file paths in my account I"m noticing that all the files point to user/test...I want it to be user/myname not user/test. Even though my account works perfectly, and all my stuff is there...I'm finding it an annoyance that the test directory is the DOS name for my account. I want it to be "myname" not test.
I'm having trouble explaining this. If it is unclear, please let me know and I'll add more details.
How do I rename this "test" directory from the "user "directory and all its files to be "myname"?