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Adi Roiban
Asked: 2011-07-01 06:10:26 +0800 CST

How to change local user home folder on Windows 2000 and above

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I was using a local account on a Windows 7 desktop that is not connected to any Active Directory.

After a while it was required to rename the local account. Renaming the account was simple using Local users and groups management tool.

After renaming the user, the user home folder was not renamed and I could not find any information about how to change user home folder.

I found the ProfileList registry folder but maybe there is a command line for doing such changes.

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList

Any help is much appreciated. Thanks!

windows user-management home-directory user-profile user-accounts

1 Answers

  1. You should be be able to rename the folder and then updated that information in the "Local path:" field on the "Profile" tab of the user account properties.

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