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Old 01-05-2006, 06:35 AM
Ebbe
 
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Default Changing the name of my home/user directory

Hi

My login name on my computer is "Ebbe" and I have always had my
name-/user-directory "C:\Documents and Settings\Ebbe"

After problems with my computer, it was necessary to reinstall Windows.
Again I entered my login name as Ebbe, but this time Windows created the
directory "C:\Documents and Settings\Ebbe.PC-EBBE". (The name of the
computer is "PC-EBBE")

I added an other user "Admin" and Windows created a directory "C:\Documents
and Settings\Admin.PC-EBBE".
Why does Windows suddenly add ".PC_EBBE" after the username?
It has never done this before.

How can I change the name of the directory back to "C:\Documents and
Settings\Ebbe"?
In the registry-database, there is a lot of references to "C:\Documents and
Settings\Ebbe.PC-EBBE".

I am using XP home SP2


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Old 01-05-2006, 06:36 AM
Ramesh, MS-MVP
 
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Default Re: Changing the name of my home/user directory

See:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/3148...25120121120120

-and-

How to rename or move a User Profile folder?:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/userpath.htm


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"Ebbe" <REMOVE_CAPSeHbJbFeDS@FGiHFnJGdKYbEaEkTEkTEe.dJHk> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> My login name on my computer is "Ebbe" and I have always had my
> name-/user-directory "C:\Documents and Settings\Ebbe"
>
> After problems with my computer, it was necessary to reinstall Windows.
> Again I entered my login name as Ebbe, but this time Windows created the
> directory "C:\Documents and Settings\Ebbe.PC-EBBE". (The name of the
> computer is "PC-EBBE")
>
> I added an other user "Admin" and Windows created a directory
> "C:\Documents and Settings\Admin.PC-EBBE".
> Why does Windows suddenly add ".PC_EBBE" after the username?
> It has never done this before.
>
> How can I change the name of the directory back to "C:\Documents and
> Settings\Ebbe"?
> In the registry-database, there is a lot of references to "C:\Documents
> and Settings\Ebbe.PC-EBBE".
>
> I am using XP home SP2
>


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