User account folder continues to display the old name.

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I'm running Vista home premium, I named the User account wrong, then I
renamed the account user that works ok but as a result, the user account
folder continues to display the old name.
What is the easiest way to fix this?
 
Hi,

There is no way to "fix" it. Once created, the user account folder name is
fixed. As you now know, you can change the account name, but you cannot
change the user folder name. The only solution, should you absolutely have
to have a user folder that matches the user name, is to create a new user
account with the preferred name.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
 

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