Re: re-naming Windows system Folder name

There really is no way to "rename" it. The only way to change the user name
you use is to create a NEW user account with the name you want and copy the
profile from the account with the name you dont want.

To copy the profile:

1. go to the System Control Panel
2. click advanced
3. click Change in the user profiles section
4. Select the profile with the name you don't like/want
5. Click copy to
6. Click browse, navigate to the Documents and Settings folder, and click on
your NEW user account

NOTE: You must log in to the new account before you can copy the profile!

Hope this helps,
-Christopher Isherwood

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

Hans C wrote:
I had to re-install Win XP Pro. The re-install went well, except
when prompted, I gave a Windows System Folder a lousy name. The
folder in question is located in: C:\Documents and Settings. Other
folders are names User, Admin, etc. Is there are way to change the
name?

The way I am reading what you wrote - you installed Windows in your
Documents and Settings folder?!
Do this:

Start --> Run -->

cmd /k ECHO %SystemRoot%

OK.

What is at the top of the command prompt window (inside the window, not the
title)?
(For most it is C:\WINDOWS.)


Or - do you mean it created a user profile in your documents and settings
folder whose naming scheme bothers you?
(The name of this folder holds little bearing in the working of the system -
as long as you leave it as Windows made it by default.)

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
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