- Under Windows Settings > Accounts > Family & other users > Other users
- Click the button for "Add someone else to this PC"
- Click the link for "I don't have this person's sign-in information"
- Click the link for "Add a user without a Microsoft account"
- Enter a user name, password, and security questions
- Change the account type to "Administrator - Local account"
- Logout and login as this new user.
- Open a Command Prompt using "Run as administrator" and run:
wmic useraccount list full
- Find and remember the SID number for the username (e.g., johnsm) you want to rename.
- Rename the user's folder:
cd C:\Users
ren johnsm jsmith
- Run the Registry Editor (regedit) and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
- In the ProfileList, navigate to the SID number.
- Modify the value for ProfileImagePath (e.g., from johnsm to jsmith)
- Restart Windows.
- Open a Command Prompt and check the path has been changed.
