My current username in Windows 8 is Danny. The directory of my user folder is C:\Users\danch_000 . This is annoying and driving me crazy. I should also tell you this user is tied to my Microsoft Account. On my Microsoft Account my Name is Danny. How
can I change the name of the folder without messing anything up in he registry or any other part of the computer.
You need to log in on a local admin account (create one if it does not exist already), delete your user account (Danny) and then rename the danch_000 folder to danny.old (I do this only so that you do not lose any data you may have already saved here. it
is just a backup folder now)
then Create a new LOCAL user called Danny. Log into this user account and all the files will be under C:\Users\Danny.
Now you must go to pc settings and choose switch to Microsoft account.
Once the process is finished, you are using a Microsoft Live account, with the 'User' Displayed as your full name, but all the files are in a directory named 'Danny'
If this is too summarized for you and you need detailed instructions just post here and tell me, I am in the process of creating a guide for just this issue for my coworkers
Yrs Red
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