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Answer» After changing the owner name in user account some folders are still in an old name, so how do you change the name? The name change does not chanfe the name in C:/docement and settings. Any ideas to do this. Regards Windows XP operating SYSTEM Im not sure what you are TRYING to do , but if you want to copy all a users files from one user to a NEW one , try the following
if your on XP Right Click on "My computer" Click "Properties" Go to the "Advanced" Tab In the Second Box (In the MIDDLE) "User Profiles" Click Settings Click on the user account you want to copy , then Click the Copy To Button and Browse to the folder for the New User , and click ok
Then it will copy the Files there
You can not be logged on as either user to do this
It is best if you loggon as An Administrator
I hope this helps answer your Question, This will copy the folder Struture of a User Account VerbatiumIt's a bit of a tedious job, I'm afraid. There may possibly be an easier way (if so, I hope someone will enlighten us), but this is what I would do; first, a disclaimer: Changing registry settings is dangerous. Only proceed if you know what you are doing, and make a registry backup first.
Having renamed the user's account, log off and log on again as Administrator. (In XP Home this requires you to start up in Safe Mode.) Find the folders under C:\Documents and Settings, and rename them all. Start-->Run-->regedit, to bring up the Registry Editor. Search for every occurence of the old username, and change it to the new username.
You may then reboot.
This does not completely change the username, I'm afraid. The underlying security information still KNOWS the original username, and you may see it in one or two purposes. But for most purposes, you will find this to be satisfactory.
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