Re: Help with names under Documents and Settings

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From: dOinK (tvanvik_at_onli--remove--ne.no)
Date: 03/11/04 

Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 18:54:11 GMT

Or: you could just change the name of the account in question (without
transferring the settings to a nwew one). You might need to do the name
change when logged in to another account, but no settings transfer should be
necessary.

dOinK

"Doug Knox MS-MVP" <dknox@mvps.org> wrote in message
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You cannot rename user folders in Documents and Settings. You need to
create a new account, with the way you want it to appear on the folder, then
copy the old user profile to the new one.

Copy a User Profile:

Open System in Control Panel. On the User Profiles tab, and under Profiles
stored on this computer, click the user profile you want to copy, and then
click Copy To.

In the Copy To dialog box, under Copy profile to, type the location for the
new profile, or click Browse to select the path.
Click Change to open the Choose User dialog box, click a new user from the
Names list, and then click Add. The new user name will appear in Add Name.
Click OK to add the user as a new user profile on your computer.

Note: You must be logged on as an administrator to the local computer to
copy user profiles. To open a Control Panel item, click Start, point to
Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click the appropriate icon.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811151
How to Copy User Data to a New User Profile

Note: You cannot copy to/from the account you are logged onto. 

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"Kevin" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I searched the KB and it told me that under home edition,
> I can't change the name of the main file under Documents
> and Settings.  I went into the registry and changed the
> registered name. however, It does not change the name.  I
> tried renaming it but it gave me the error that it is a
> system folder and cannot be renamed
>

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