How to Rename C Drive Users folder on Windows 10

Best way to customize folder names under C:\Users on Windows 10

Free Download Advanced Regedit(Win32)

When installing Windows 10, MS gets the first five letters from your login email address as the folder name under C:\Users

It is very annoying and silly

Now I (King Eca) renamed C:\Uses\donal to C:\Uses\EasiestSoft.com, and wrote something here because I may repeat it in the future

I Renamed name under C:/Users folder

Suppose your old name under C:\Users folder is donal, and you want to modify it to EasiestSoft.com

Skip this step if already have one

Rename C:\Users\donal to C:\Users\EasiestSof.com in Explorer
Right-click on the old name, select Rename
Edit Registry value
- Press Windows key, enter registry editor, then Run as administrator
- Set new C:\Users folder name in Registry
  locate HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
  Click on the item under ProfileList and find the item with ProfileImagePath value of C:\Users\donal
  $Change C:\Users folder in Registry Editor$
  Double-click ProfileImagePath to customize the value to the new name C:\Users\EasiestSoft.com
  $Set a New name under C:\Users folder in Registry Editor$
Change User name (display name)
- Press Windows key, enter netplwiz, Select netplwiz to run
  Then double-click an Email address to change User name
  User name: donal, change it to EasiestSoft.com

Reboot computer

Close all running programs first after restart

Batch search and replace Registry values
- Download Advanced Regedit(win32)
- Run regedit32.exe as Administrator
- Click Edit, Search + Replace from menu
  - Search: C:\Users\donal
  - Replace: C:\Users\EasiestSoft.com
  - Go
  $Search and Replace C:\Users folder name in registry$
Replace files under C:\Users\EasiestSoft.com
First, read the guide How to search and replace text in many files
- Open C:\ in Explorer, Right-click Users folder, then Open with Code
- Right-click EasiestSoft.com, select Find in Folder...
  $Find text in C:\Users folder$
  - Search: C:\Users\donal
  - Replace: C:\Users\EasiestSoft.com
  - Files to include: ./EasiestSoft.com
  - Files to exclude: **/temp/,**OneDrive/
  Click Replace all icon after searching for text
  $Search and replace text in files in C:\Users new folder name folder$
Reboot computer, Log in to daily administrator account
Most software works fine with the new name in C driver user folder, but a few programs need to fix it by changing settings or reinstall it
OneDrive, may require you to unlink your current computer and sign in to change the folder

2019-12-23 King Eca