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Re:Never rename your Windows user account by zelon88 on Wednesday October 06, 2021 @09:46AM (#28773130)
The correct way to do this is to create a new user with lusrmgr.msc and then use the User Profiles dialog "Copy To..." feature to copy the old profile to the new profile.
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Re:Never rename your Windows user account by tszyn on Wednesday October 06, 2021 @03:39PM (#28777371)
Apparently, "Copy To" no longer works on Windows 7 and higher. The button is greyed out for all user profiles except the "Default" profile. https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/e4cd5a0c-b...
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Re:Never rename your Windows user account by majora2007 on Wednesday October 06, 2021 @02:47PM (#28776739)
Damn I could have used this a while ago. Now my user profile is all messed up and mispelled. Oh well.
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Re:Never rename your Windows user account by Mup_TIpekpaceH on Wednesday October 06, 2021 @11:33AM (#28774374)
wow)) didn't know there is such functionality. Thanks
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