Solved New account has lowercase in users folder, can i change to uppercase

proteina · Aug 8, 2022

I understand that for windows 11 uppercase and lowercase letters are the same and changing them does not cause problems. It could be done in a simple way without doing all the manual steps that are used when you want to change the name to another.

Brink · Aug 8, 2022

Hello proteina,

You can rename the folder for that without causing an issue, but you cannot be signed in to the account the profile folder belongs to. It will not let you rename it if it's in use.

You'll need to sign in to another administrator account on the computer to do so.

proteina · Aug 8, 2022

Is there an administrator account that has already been created? or do I have to create it again

Berton · Aug 8, 2022

proteina said:
Is there an administrator account that has already been created? or do I have to create it again

Normal installations makes the first User an Administrator, could be either Microsoft account or I have done it as a Local account in April and back in October, different computers.

Brink · Aug 8, 2022

proteina said:
Is there an administrator account that has already been created? or do I have to create it again

You could temporarily enable the built-in "Administrator" account to sign in to and use to rename your user profile folder, then disable the built-in Administrator when finished.

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proteina · Aug 10, 2022

I have Enable the built-in "Manager" but it still won't let me rename the folder. rename is still disabled.

Brink · Aug 10, 2022

proteina said:
I have Enable the built-in "Manager" but it still won't let me rename the folder. rename is still disabled.

Just to verify, did you sign out of the account you are wanting to rename its profile folder, and only signed in to the built-in Administrator account?