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If I rename my user profile folder (with changing path in registry) will my files work correctly? So it won´t start giving me errors about "this file is not on this path" or something like that?

Thank you.

macanarias
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Yes you can do this. Follow this post:

How to rename the User folder in Windows 10?

See the second answer.

There is no need to create a new user account, so all the settings associated with the existing user profile are preserved. And the only registry change required is to edit a single string value (the one that tells Windows the path of the user profile folder):

    Log in by using another administrative account.

Note You may need to create a new Administrative account at first.


Go to the C:\users\ folder and rename the subfolder with the original user name to the new user name.
Go to the registry and modify the registry value ProfileImagePath to the new path name.




HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList<User SID>

That's it!

I do not do this. I just leave as is as there is not any driving need to change.

But you can do it.