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Changing User Name in Windows 10
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20/06/2020 19:20:17
 
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Windows
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Computing in general
Miscellaneous
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01674976
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>Hi,
>
>When I set up my new Windows 10 notebook the user name is somehow Litva (so that in the folder name is users\litva)
>I don't like it. I want it to be as on my old- windows 7 - PC, to be dmitry. That is, users\Dmitry
>
>I found a YouTube that shows how to change the name. But one of the steps involves making a change in the Windows 10 registry. I would like to, if at all possible, not to make manual changes in the registry. So, I am wondering, is it possible to make the user name change without editing the registry?
>
>TIA

Is there any reason why you can't simply create a new user, move the documents and such over to the new user, then delete the old one? Granted, this requires you to go through some some re-doing some of your configurations...
What's been a pain since Windows 8 is creating new users -- if you want to use the "classic" style users that's not connected with any Microsoft account (i,e. not having your Windows sign-on being tied to an E-mail account), you've got to select option for this (hidden in plain sight). It's a tad trickier with Windows 10 as the process requires you to jump through a couple not-so-obvious hoops to do the same.
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