Changing personal folder name after changing user name

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I have recently built a new computer and installed Win XP on a new hard
drive. During the set up process, it did not prompt and wait for a response
regarding users for this computer so it set up a user as Owner. I have since
gone in and changed the Owner account to be my name and also added another
user to be my husband. However, the personal folder under Documents and
Settings still has Owner. Is there any way I can change this folder to be my
name without reinstalling XP?

Thanks for any help,
Shona
 
srw said:
I have recently built a new computer and installed Win XP on a new hard
drive. During the set up process, it did not prompt and wait for a
response
regarding users for this computer so it set up a user as Owner. I have
since
gone in and changed the Owner account to be my name and also added another
user to be my husband. However, the personal folder under Documents and
Settings still has Owner. Is there any way I can change this folder to be
my
name without reinstalling XP?

Thanks for any help,
Shona
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By far the simplest way is to leave the "Owner" account alone and create a
new account for yourself. If you insist on changing the profile folder name
of the original account then you can do it like so:
1. Reboot the machine.
2. Log on as Administrator.
3. Rename "c:\Documents and Settings\Owner" to "c:\Documents and
Settings\Shona".
4. Run regedit.exe.
5. Navigate to this location: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
6. Look at the values "ProfileImagePath" and locate the one whose data reads
%SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings\Owner.
7. Change the data to
%SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings\Shona
It's a lot of work for a purely cosmetic change . . .
 
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