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After upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10 Home my (local) user profile seems to be broken.
So I want to create a new local profile but using the old user name.
Therefore, I renamed the existing user profile (appended _Win7
), renamed the user directory and changed the ProfileImagePath
in the registry (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
).
The profile seems to run fine under the new name (despite the things that were already broken before the renaming).
Now the problem: Windows doesn't let me create a new local user profile using the old profile's name. The error message is (translated from German): Enter a different user name.
How can I create a new profile using a former profile's name?
Did you rename the actual user account, or only the profile directory? – user1686 – 2015-11-07T15:47:06.407
I renamed the user account as well, i.e. the login screen shows the new name for the old profile – Ignitor – 2015-11-07T15:49:06.150
2If you go to This PC, right click it, properties (or control panel->system) and go to
advanced system settings
, tabadvanced
,User Profiles
, does it list there correctly as well? – LPChip – 2015-11-07T15:54:36.437@LPChip No! It doesn't! It still shows the old name! So the questions is how to really rename the user account in Windows 10? – Ignitor – 2015-11-07T16:01:30.933
If you right click This PC, and choose Manage you'll go to
Computer Management
. From there, unvoldLocal Users and Groups
, ClickUsers
. Is the user here incorrect too? If so, right click and rename. If not, head back to the other window, click copy to copy to a new, then click delete to delete the old. – LPChip – 2015-11-07T16:27:51.513Is this Windows 10 Pro? The home editions of Windows don't allow the use of
lusrmgr.msc
. – Ben N – 2015-11-07T16:33:08.693It is the home edition... – Ignitor – 2015-11-07T16:37:12.817