Rename user account on Windows 7 Home

Question

I need to rename a user account on Windows 7 Home Premium.

If I go into the User Accounts control panel applet and choose Change your account name, Windows changes the account's Display Name. I want to change the actual user name. How can I do this?

I've looked at the net user command but it doesn't seem to be able to do this. On Windows Pro I could use lusrmgr.msc but that's not available on Windows Home edition.

Answer 1

Do the following:

1. Run the command control userpasswords2 to open the User Accounts dialog
2. Select the user account to rename and click Properties
3. Enter the desired username in the User name field and click OK
4. Log out and back in if changing the account currently in use

Note: This does NOT rename the account's user profile folder.