{"id":1571,"date":"2019-02-04T18:05:17","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T18:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/?p=1571"},"modified":"2019-02-04T18:05:53","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T18:05:53","slug":"rename-user-profile-folder-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/windows10\/rename-user-profile-folder-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Rename User Profile Folder in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes you may need to rename a user in Windows 10. But in this case the User Profile Folder remains unchanged. In this article we will show you, how to change it to the folder which you want.<\/p>\n<h3>How to Rename User Profile Folder:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"w10steps\">\n<ul>\n<li>STEP 1: At first, you have to <b>Sign Out<\/b> from the current account and <b>Sign-In<\/b> as Administrator.<\/li>\n<li>STEP 2: Then open the <b>Registry Editor<\/b>. To do so just press Win+R keys, type <b>regedit<\/b> and press OK.<br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/11\/windows-10-open-registry-editor.png\" alt=\"windows-10-open-registry-editor\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<li>STEP 3: After that go to the key <b><i>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\ProfileList<\/i><\/b><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/windows-10-ProfileList-registry-key.png\" alt=\"windows-10-ProfileList-registry-key\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<li>STEP 4: Then double click at <b>ProfileList<b> key to expand its contents. There you should see two (or more) subkeys named like <b>S-1-5-21-xxxxxxx<\/b><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/windows-10-ProfileList-subkeys.png\" alt=\"windows-10-ProfileList-subkeys\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<li>STEP 5: Click each &#8220;S-1-5-21-xxxxxxx&#8221; subkey and look at the right pane at <b>ProfileImagePath<\/b> parameter. This parameter shows the path of the user folder for this profile.<br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/windows-10-ProfileImagePath-parameter.png\" alt=\"windows-10-ProfileImagePath-parameter\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><br \/>\nSo, just find profile you need, and change it&#8217;s <b>ProfileImagePath<\/b> parameter. After changing you have to reboot your PC.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is How to Rename User Profile Folder in Windows 10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Rename User Profile Folder in Windows 10 - Windows Tips, tricks, Hacks and Tweaks<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/windows10\/rename-user-profile-folder-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Rename User Profile Folder in Windows 10 - Windows Tips, tricks, Hacks and Tweaks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here is How to Rename User Profile Folder in Windows 10\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/windows10\/rename-user-profile-folder-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Windows Tips, tricks, Hacks and Tweaks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-02-04T18:05:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-02-04T18:05:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/windows-10-ProfileImagePath-parameter.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"380\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Andrew Wise\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AndrewWise911\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Andrew Wise\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/windows10\/rename-user-profile-folder-2\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/windows10\/rename-user-profile-folder-2\/\",\"name\":\"How to Rename User Profile Folder in Windows 10 - Windows Tips, tricks, Hacks and Tweaks\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-02-04T18:05:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-02-04T18:05:53+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/#\/schema\/person\/4494705d8033ced33d2cfbc9c4c4a9f6\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/windows10\/rename-user-profile-folder-2\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/windows10\/rename-user-profile-folder-2\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/windows10\/rename-user-profile-folder-2\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How to Rename User Profile Folder in Windows 10\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/\",\"name\":\"Windows Tips, tricks, Hacks and Tweaks\",\"description\":\"Just another Security News site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/#\/schema\/person\/4494705d8033ced33d2cfbc9c4c4a9f6\",\"name\":\"Andrew Wise\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cdaec00c9b2be4cafb2b31b08041a779?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cdaec00c9b2be4cafb2b31b08041a779?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Andrew Wise\"},\"description\":\"Andrew is just a guy who uses computers every day, and hates if troubles come into his life. 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