How to rename user folder in Windows 8?

Posted by DzinX on Super User See other posts from Super User or by DzinX
Published on 2012-10-29T09:04:49Z Indexed on 2013/06/25 10:24 UTC
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When I log in on a Windows 8 machine for the first time with my Microsoft Account (by providing an e-mail address), a new user folder is created:

C:\Users\dzinx_000

In previous versions of Windows, I could choose the name of this folder (it was equal to my username). As I use the commandline often, it is quite annoying to me.

  • Can I somehow rename it to dzinx?
  • Does simply renaming the folder break everything?

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