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I installed Windows 10 with user1 username, after a day I went to control panel and changed the name of my username(Administrator and the only user) user1 to user2 and now it shows user2 in the Windows startup screen(as I expected).
But the problem is that when I checked C:/Users I see only my previous user1 and don't see the user2(Windows didn't change my username here). And this caused a new problem when I wanted to install VS code from Anaconda navigator because it seeks for user2 but seems my username is still user1 in the C:/Users.
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Posted 2019-11-10T10:24:58.457
Reputation: 137
1The path of the user profile directory is never changed. It will always remain the same no matter how often you rename the account. – Robert – 2019-11-10T12:49:18.303
You are always better to create a new account with the name you want. Windows has always done this, once a user account is created the users folder the name can never be changed due to registry and security concerns, the name is carved in stone in the users folder. – Moab – 2019-11-10T13:28:55.463
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You can however change the user profile path, which may solve your issue>>>>>https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2454362/renaming-a-user-account-does-not-automatically-change-the-profile-path
– Moab – 2019-11-10T13:31:46.693