Re: Change the User My Documents folder name?

Brandon
I actually tried to change the registry by opening it in Notepad and
then doing a replace "hotrod" with "MyName", it didn't seem to make a
difference. I have created a new user and will copy over everything. THANKS



"brandon dub" <brandondub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I went through this after buying someone elses computer that was already
set
up.
You have two options

1.You could risk going through Regedit and replacing ALL your old user
name
keys with the new one. I tried it and failed but was still assured it does
work, you got nothing to loose if you back reg and "user" up and have
about 2
grueling hours to spare or....
2.what I reccommend, just copy your folders to a new user account. Its
sucks
tweaking all over again but regedit is a heavy risk.

a.create your new user account.
b.drag files and folder to new location.
c.By dragging the files/folders you shouldn't disturb the icons unless the
icons were in the old user account. *
d.delete your old account when done.

*When you set up your new OS/or user account think ahead and save
programs,
icons and system used images outside of user folders. My own 'My
Documents"
is full of shortcuts to folders on an external drive so instead of

C:\doc..sett..\hot rod\my docs..\icons
it is
C:\doc..sett..\hot rod\my docs..\shortcut to F:\Icons
C:\doc..sett..\hot rod\my docs..\shortcut to F:\My Pictures
C:\doc..sett..\hot rod\my docs..\shortcut to F:\etc......

Its a good basic safeguard measure in case of a disk error. Just a
suggestion.
Good luck


"HotRod" wrote:

I was afraid I would need to copy the whole profile. The notebook is
setup
perfect under my normal "nickname" and I'd like to keep every document
and
desktop icon etc. just they way they are. Will the link provided preserve
everything and copy all of the my documents stuff?


"HotRod" <NoSpam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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A few years ago when my notebook was setup the user name was setup with
my
Nickname now that I'm using it professionally whenever I show the file
path
in the header or footer it shows my nickname. How can I change this name
to
my "real" name instead of

c:\Documents and Settings\Hot Rod\My Documents\etc.\etc.






.

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