Changing the name of my home/user directory

[Ebbe]

Hi

My login name on my computer is "Ebbe" and I have always had my
name-/user-directory "C:\Documents and Settings\Ebbe"

After problems with my computer, it was necessary to reinstall Windows.
Again I entered my login name as Ebbe, but this time Windows created the
directory "C:\Documents and Settings\Ebbe.PC-EBBE". (The name of the
computer is "PC-EBBE")

I added an other user "Admin" and Windows created a directory "C:\Documents
and Settings\Admin.PC-EBBE".
Why does Windows suddenly add ".PC_EBBE" after the username?
It has never done this before.

How can I change the name of the directory back to "C:\Documents and
Settings\Ebbe"?
In the registry-database, there is a lot of references to "C:\Documents and
Settings\Ebbe.PC-EBBE".

I am using XP home SP2

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

See:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314843/#XSLTH3129121125120121120120

-and-

How to rename or move a User Profile folder?:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/userpath.htm


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Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
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