Thread 105890746 - /g/ [Archived: 329 hours ago]

Anonymous
7/13/2025, 1:55:08 PM No.105890746
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How do you rename a user's folder name without causing Windows to shit on your chest?
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Anonymous
7/13/2025, 1:56:36 PM No.105890752
>>105890746 (OP)
find the registry entry, and move it offline
Anonymous
7/13/2025, 1:57:00 PM No.105890754
>>105890746 (OP)
You create a new user and copy all your shit.
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Anonymous
7/13/2025, 1:57:14 PM No.105890756
>create a new user
>copy everything between users
>delete the old one

I've never done this btw
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Anonymous
7/13/2025, 2:17:38 PM No.105890861
>>105890746 (OP)
Reinstall Windows
Anonymous
7/13/2025, 2:25:06 PM No.105890890
>>105890754
>>105890756
>Copy
I can't find a safe way to do this. Seems like it will lead to a shitshow.
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Anonymous
7/13/2025, 2:26:04 PM No.105890894
i did it just fine
Anonymous
7/13/2025, 3:12:06 PM No.105891160
>>105890746 (OP)
just rename it? windows is case insensitive. unlike other autistics filesystems.

total *nix baby ducks death.
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Anonymous
7/13/2025, 3:14:11 PM No.105891173
>>105891160
hfs+j is as well

come to us, hfs+j is superior to ntfs
Anonymous
7/13/2025, 3:16:31 PM No.105891186
>>105890746 (OP)
>Looks weird
Windows truncates your Microsoft account email address to first 5 letters to create the C:\users\username, you know that right?
Anonymous
7/13/2025, 3:53:20 PM No.105891447
>>105890890
>Seems like it will lead to a shitshow
how? back up anything stored under %appdata% like browser data etc and you're good to go

or just use Profwiz instead of doing it manually
Anonymous
7/13/2025, 3:54:54 PM No.105891454
>>105890746 (OP)
Rename the folder, change the registry entry to the new folder name, reboot.
Simple as