Change Name of User Profile Folder in Windows 10  

I can't see a shortcut method to deal with that other than start afresh.

Ex_Brit said:

I can't see a shortcut method to deal with that other than start afresh.

The only true way to make sure the path it what you want is to set up Windows with a local account, or create a new local account, with the name you want first, then switch that local account to a Microsoft account.

Switch to Microsoft Account in Windows 10

Thanks I will do that.

Ex_Brit said:

Thanks I will do that.

Dawn121988 said:

I want to change from "dawn1" on my windows laptop and I only have 1 account the account I'm currently on and I was wondering do I need to create a second admin account to edit this account? Or can I just edit this account. What should I do just curious.

Hello Dawn,

You do need to use another administrator account to change the name of your account since you can't be signed in to the account you want to change.

You could temporarily enable the built-in Administrator account below to use though.

Enable or Disable Elevated Administrator account in Windows 10

Dawn121988 said:

My computer is telling me wmic is not recognized. What am I doing wrong?

Looks like the deprecated the WMIC command.

Check in Optional Features below to see if you can add it back.

Manage Optional Features in Windows 10

If it is already added, then post a screenshot showing the error in the command prompt to see if anything may stand out.

Dawn121988 said:

I found "WMI SNMP Provider" 818 KB is this correct or is there something else?

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I could not find "WMIC" only "WMI SNMP Provider" is there something else I can try to add the "WMIC".

Nar, that wouldn't be it.

That's ok though. At step 6, you can just manually look at each SID key to find the one for your account.