Change the "Windows" folder name after install ... possible?

[Richard Lionheart]

Hi All,

I want to rename my windows folder from "WinXPtemp" to simply WinXP. Is
there an easy way to do this short of reinstalling WinXP?

Background:

I just reinstalled WinXPro. I elected custom installation, and when it
came to the question of where downloaded setup files should be stored, I
gave it the name "\WinXPtemp".

I thought the installation program was referring to a tempory area where cab
files would be stored prior to expansion, etc.

Now that I see the result, I realize I was mistaken. I'd like to correct
my mistake, because the name I got bugs me.

Thanks in advance for any help you might offer.

Richard

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

No, you can't. Format and start over.

 

[Richard Lionheart]

Thanks, Don.

No, you can't. Format and start over.

Since I've subsequently installed Visual Studio.Net, Office XP Pro 2002,
SP2 for XP, etc., I guess I'll learn to live with my stupid mistake.

Nevertheless, I appreciate you taking the time to respond to my trivial
question.

Regards,
Richard