Re: Changing Windows system/user accounts
From: closedanger (closedanger_at_nc.rr.com)
Date: 07/02/03
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Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2003 01:07:04 GMT
Jack wrote:
> Is there a way within Windows XP or a prog I can use to change the Documents
> and Settings user account that the system was originally installed with? I
> have tried going into the Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Computer
> Mangement>Local Users and Groups>Users and changed the original name to the
> new name, and then used System Mechanic to Customize Windows Settings>System
> and adjusted all the Windows Paths to be the new name instead of the
> original.
>
> So far so good.
>
> But when I open up the C:\Documents and Settings folder all the original
> administrative Application Data, Cookies, Desktop, etc, etc, Start Menu,
> etc, etc are still in a folder under the original name and even after the
> account has been renamed and the paths for the account have been changed as
> detailed above trying to just rename the folder fails giving the error "xxx
> is a Windows system folder and is required for Windows to run properly. It
> cannot be moved or renamed."
>
> Any help, thanks.
>
>
Those settings are stored in the registry keys. Run>regedit.
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