Grub
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- May 25, 2010
Hey all,
I've been looking around the forums for a while for a similar thread and couldn't find one so i thought i'd just post it.
So. I am currently playing a game (ArmA 2) that has real issues with allowing a profile change.
When you first install the game it just grabs the Users profile and uses that. From here you cannot edit it in game.
My problem is I just named my User profile my name till I'd finished mucking around with everything. This has meant my game profile is my name, not the best handle for MP.
So there have been a number of people with this issue on the Official forums but the suggestions haven't worked for me.
Another suggestion that I now cannot find was to change the value in Regedit.
So. I've now done all of this several times and my "uncool" profile still exists, I've managed to duplicate it but not rename it.
I've since uninstalled the entire game and its expansion wiping all save games and any chance of the game detecting my old user profile.
When I fired up the fresh install, low and behold, my old profile was still there. After a minor rage dump i decided to do other things for a while.
I had then noticed a pic I posted had the dir:
file:///C: Users/MyName/Desktop/Pics/BlahBlah.gif
I have changed my user profile in Win7 to Grub, but this old name is still present. I took the pic like yesterday so the user name was Grub at the time.
Any ideas will be greatly appreciated as I am about to do these ones. lol
Regards,
Grub
I've been looking around the forums for a while for a similar thread and couldn't find one so i thought i'd just post it.
So. I am currently playing a game (ArmA 2) that has real issues with allowing a profile change.
When you first install the game it just grabs the Users profile and uses that. From here you cannot edit it in game.
My problem is I just named my User profile my name till I'd finished mucking around with everything. This has meant my game profile is my name, not the best handle for MP.
So there have been a number of people with this issue on the Official forums but the suggestions haven't worked for me.
Create the new **cool name** profile then copy your old profile's settings to the new profile name folder. Typically you can find your old profile under C:\Documents and Settings\<current profile>\My Documents\Arma 2 Other Profiles\<lamename>\<lamename>.Arma2Profile where the <current profile> and <lamename> are placeholders for whatever your profile name is for your computer and Arma 2 profile. Once you've copied the <lamename>.Arma2Profile over to the new cool name folder then rename the <lamename>.Arma2Profile to <coolname>.Arma2Profile.
This is how it worked in Arma and looks like it works the same for Arma 2. The above explanation might be a little hard to follow but if you have questions please feel free to ask.
Another suggestion that I now cannot find was to change the value in Regedit.
So. I've now done all of this several times and my "uncool" profile still exists, I've managed to duplicate it but not rename it.
I've since uninstalled the entire game and its expansion wiping all save games and any chance of the game detecting my old user profile.
When I fired up the fresh install, low and behold, my old profile was still there. After a minor rage dump i decided to do other things for a while.
I had then noticed a pic I posted had the dir:
file:///C: Users/MyName/Desktop/Pics/BlahBlah.gif
I have changed my user profile in Win7 to Grub, but this old name is still present. I took the pic like yesterday so the user name was Grub at the time.
Any ideas will be greatly appreciated as I am about to do these ones. lol
Regards,
Grub