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Changing C: Users\OldName to NewName?

May 23, 2015 4:31AM PDT

I plan to give my ASUS EeePC Netbook (Windows 7 Home Premium) to a close family member. I've scrubbed the system of sensitive data to my satisfaction. A new user name and admin password were created, however C: Users still shows my name with lock icon. The new user name shows as: C: Users\MyName\NewName. Is there a way to change C: Users\MyName\NewName to
C: Users\NewName without re-installing Windows 7? I'm proficient with using regedit. Thanks for your support.

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Clarification Request
(NT) Bob:
Jun 6, 2015 10:48AM PDT
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Changing the Admins. Profiles for lemaech56 / May 23, 2015
Jun 6, 2015 11:01AM PDT

Does this also inherit new UAC for all other Microsoft Products? You should work for Microsoft Support. Microsoft Support tweaked my registry till they couldn't tweak it anymore. Now, I know why Microsoft Level 2 tech had to install retail vers. of Office 2013 Student to get Outlook 2013 to work on my hp laptop after doing a uninstall of Office 2010 Univ. Any comments will be appreciated.

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Changing Admin Profiles on W7 x64 after several regedits
Jun 11, 2015 10:14AM PDT

I'm going to consider doing this if Windows 10 doesn't fix the UAC w/Admin profile account. Since Microsoft Support tech Level 2 used tweak app I can't launch some apps with/without Admin. profile, inheriting errors of some apps and I've had no luck changing the inherited by editing while logged into Admin profile. Also the tweaking has caused popups of HPManager connection issues??? This is a privacy setting according to Microsoft site. Any info would be appreciated on Windows 10 and UAC setups.

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Unsure where the issue here is.
Jun 11, 2015 10:22AM PDT

HOWEVER there were old discussions which folk discovered apps would fail on new accounts that were not ADMIN CAPABLE. There are many account types and this moves around a little with each Windows version. I'll not dive deep here but lump all Admin accounts as "Admin capable."

So what I found was that I needed to change the new account from less than admin to full admin then run the failed app as administrator. That usually worked. After that I would try running the app without the added step of "run as administrator." Next I would reduce the account back to limited user and re-test.

Some apps don't work with the limited user.
Bob

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Never used regedit.
May 23, 2015 4:41AM PDT

I simply created TWO NEW ADMIN accounts then logged out of the old account, into one of the two new accounts then went back into manage accounts to delete the old account.

Why regedit?

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Re: Never used regedit.
May 25, 2015 3:06AM PDT

Bob wrote:
"I simply created TWO NEW ADMIN accounts then logged out of the old account, into one of the two new accounts then went back into manage accounts to delete the old account.

Why regedit?"

regedit was considered since C: Users still showed Users\MyName from original setup. I decided to be cautious, since I didn't want to render the system useless. Based on your suggestion, it appears that all I did was change the user name and not the "owner name." This is the only change I've made. Following your suggestion I assume that after creating a new Admin account then deleting the original account, which has a new name, will also delete the folder Users\MyName in C:. Thanks for your assistance. I'll report back to the forum after making the shanges.

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No assumptions here.
May 25, 2015 4:04AM PDT

It does remove the old MyName in C.
Bob

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R: No assumptions here
May 25, 2015 10:49AM PDT

I implemented your suggestions and the system is now configured the way I wanted. Thanks for your assistance. In may case, your record is 100% regarding suggestions that really work.

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change registered owner
May 23, 2015 5:44AM PDT
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Re: change registered owner
May 25, 2015 3:48AM PDT

I tried the tip suggested in the URL in your post on a test bed Win7 system, but it didn't work:

1. Registered owner only changed in registry key: ...\CurrentVersion\RegisteredOwner
2. Doing a registry search for "MyName" had several hits, e.g., DefaultUserName

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Not Best Answer - Mistype
May 25, 2015 10:52AM PDT

This is a mistype. Editing register key didn't solve the problem, so this wasn't the best answer. Thanks for your assistance.