Re: Can't rename user folders

From: Rick \ (rick_at_mvps.org)
Date: 05/30/04 

Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 22:21:15 -0400

Hi,

> Am I locked into these names forever?

For those accounts - yes. You cannot rename the user folders. You would need
to create new user accounts with the preferred names, then port over the
settings and files you want to keep. 

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"Fred Hoffman" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:14fec01c445dd$86fccd20$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> When I set up my computer, using XP Home, I was prompted
> to choose folder names, and chose long names making the
> paths displayed in my explorer windows too long to appear
> in full.  I would like to shorten the folder names
> including one called "Documents and Settings" that may
> have been selected by Windows, and a subfolder
> called "DellP2 Settings" that I chose; but when I try to
> do so, I get an error message that says they are systems
> folders that canot be renamed or removed.  Am I locked
> into these names forever?

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