Change Name of User Profile Folder in Windows 10  

Hi Brink,

Nope, that's how I restored the Documents folder from the drive on the partition back to the C drive. The path shown in "Location" is "C:\Users\druek\Documents." I used the same procedure for all the other user folders (Downloads, etc.).

Okay, when I am in Explorer and look at the user folder in the navigation panes (left or right), it is listed as "Documents." And when I read it in the address bar, it is listed as ">(folder icon) > This PC > Windows (C:) > Users > Documents."

But when I click in the address bar to get the actual path, it reads, "(folder icon)>C:\Users\druek" as expected.

SOOO WEIRD! Hopefully there is a simple solution. Should I get out my Sharpie?

Thanks again for the lightning-fast reply.

PS Sorry about the emoticon above. I was trying to type "C : [backslash]"

In that case, lets see what you have at step 6 on the first page here for the ProfileImagePath expandable string value.

In addition, lets see what it shows in the C:Users folder.

Great news.

Hello dcarrington, and welcome to Ten Forums.

It shouldn't affect them, but you can always change the folder name back using the same method in the tutorial if you do see any issues with them.

It would be best to create a system image first just to be safe.

If you delete your current account, it'll delete its profile folder.

It's nothing to really worry about since you can easily rename the folder back to the original name if you should have issues with anything from doing so.

No need to. The registry key in the tutorial should auto redirect for you.