{"id":193,"date":"2017-11-24T15:45:53","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T15:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/?p=193"},"modified":"2017-11-24T15:45:53","modified_gmt":"2017-11-24T15:45:53","slug":"rename-user-profile-folder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/tweaks\/rename-user-profile-folder\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Rename User Profile Folder in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Windows 10 stores all user preferences and settings in a user profile. The user profile is a folder located in C:\\Users\\. It includes all account settings like the selected desktop background, screen saver, etc. Sometimes you may need to rename this folder after creating the user profile. Here is how it can be done.<\/p>\n<h3>Here is How to Rename User Profile Folder:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"w10steps\">\n<ul>\n<li>STEP 1: At first, press Win+R keys, type <b>cmd<\/b> and press OK to run the <b>Command Prompt.<\/b><br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/11\/windows-10-run-command-prompt.png\" alt=\"windows-10-run-command-prompt\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<li>STEP 2: Type and run the following command:<br \/>\n<b><i>wmic useraccount list full<\/i><\/b><br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/11\/windows-10-remember-SID-value.png\" alt=\"windows-10-remember-SID-value\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>STEP 3: Note the <b>SID value<\/b> for your account and remember it.<br \/>\n<b>Important notice<\/b>: You cannot rename the current user profile which you are signed in with. You need to use another user account with administrative privileges.<\/li>\n<li>STEP 4: After that go to the <b>c:\\Users<\/b> folder from the other Administrator account and rename your profile folder to what you want.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/11\/windows-10-rename-user-folder.png\" alt=\"windows-10-rename-user-folder\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<li>STEP 5: 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=\"http:\/\/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 6: Now find the following Registry key:<br \/>\n<b><i>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\ProfileList<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<li>STEP 7: In the left pane you need to find the key named by the <b>SID value<\/b> you have remembered.<br \/>\nThis key is related to the profile which you&#8217;ve renamed.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/11\/windows-10-change-registry-key.png\" alt=\"windows-10-change-registry-key\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<li>STEP 8: At last find the value data for the <b>ProfileImagePath<\/b> parameter on the right. Modify it according to the new path to the profile you have renamed, and restart Windows.<\/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":197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"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\/tweaks\/rename-user-profile-folder\/\" \/>\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\/tweaks\/rename-user-profile-folder\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Windows Tips, tricks, Hacks and Tweaks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-11-24T15:45:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/11\/windows-10-change-registry-key.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"627\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"334\" \/>\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\/tweaks\/rename-user-profile-folder\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/tweaks\/rename-user-profile-folder\/\",\"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\":\"2017-11-24T15:45:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-11-24T15:45:53+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/#\/schema\/person\/4494705d8033ced33d2cfbc9c4c4a9f6\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/tweaks\/rename-user-profile-folder\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/tweaks\/rename-user-profile-folder\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/tweaks\/rename-user-profile-folder\/#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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