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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?
Ignitor
Posted 2015-11-07T15:44:33.483
Reputation: 221
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