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The original poster experienced an issue where, after reinstalling Windows, the default user folder remained "owner," even after renaming the account to "james." They sought a way to change the default user directory path. A response suggests that the user likely created a new account via Control Panel, and invites further details if a different method was used.
paradive

paradive

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when i got this computer back after a reinstall, the only account was "owner".
i changed it to "james", but it's still defaulting everything to c:\users\owner instead of c:\users\james.

how do i change this?

*** FIGURED IT OUT. ***
 

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Medico

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We assume you went to Control Panel, User Accounts and added a new account. If you did something different, others readers might wish to know if you could post back. Thanks.
 

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