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I just re-installed Windows 8.1 Pro and I noticed something strange about my home directory folder C:\Users\Username. The name of the folder instead of being Username is Usernam_000 C:\Users\Usernam_000. Why is that? Is this normal behavior? If not how can I change its name?

Edit 1:

As I have said in a comment all of these answers in the questions you provided as duplicates just say ways of changing the name. My principal question is why this happened. I want a way to change the name only if it is a normal situation and not a problem.

Edit 2:

As I am really curious about this "problem" I did another installation of Windows 8.1. The same thing happened again, although I deleted the partition and formatted it again.

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This may happen if you provide a Microsoft account during installation.

If a local account is used instead, this will not happen.

You may change it as described in this answer.

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thilina R
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Did you do this as an OS upgrade or a fresh install? During an OS upgrade, the original folders that hold user data will be renames (such as windows.old in older versions of Windows). If you look, you will likely find your old docs in one of the folders.

Edit: Windows Live account users will have their usernames truncated.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27408725/change-home-directory-name-windows-8-1

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