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Renaming a Windows file

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by rene

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I have a computer that I have setup for a person and while installing Win XP I entered "Mark" as the name instead of "Michael". I thought that I can just go into user accounts in the control panel later and change it. I went to go and do that and it did change the user name to Michael. Michael (the person) ran MYOB the other day and the name "Mark" appeared as the default user to log into MYOB. I looked in C:\Documents and Settings and found "Mark" I tried to rename the folder, but I got a message that said I cannot rename a windows file as it is needed to run the system. How do I get this changed. It's just a pain for Michael to remove "Mark" from MYOB everytime

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by krkosiorek

The best thing you can do is to delete the account you created during the install and create a new account with the correct name.

I have seen issues when renaming local accounts. Although the account name changes, the profile associated with it does not.

Having said that, after you delete the account, you will want to delete the profile (use the User Profile manager, don't just delete the folder).

by sprocket

you may need to create the new account before deleting the old account.

Microsoft never finished the option the change the user name. Its only a frontend change and doesn't change anything else. Strange and maybe pointless.

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