Windows 11 wrong system folder name.

[nukenorman]

So I finally switched to windows 11 from Windows 10. I have always used a local account intead of an online account but figured I will just try out an online account this time since it is forced even on windows 11 pro ( I know their is a technical hack work around during setup ) but figured would try the online account for once.

My system folder under C:/users is named "norma"

My name is Norman not norma. All the other folders on my computer such as the home folder and one drive folder is named correctly as " Norman"

So I do not see how it could be a mistake under the cloud online account ( because at setup it does not ask for a name since its an online account )

Login shows my correct name. The photos/documents folder/one drive all show my correct name as Norman.

Just the C:/Users/Norma is showing the wrong correct name.

Anyone kwow why? THis is driving me crazy and I alread re installed windows 11 to see if it would fix it and my actual name on the onlne account is correct too

[binaryzero]

Sorry mate, you're now known as Norma. Prob easier to change your official documents than re-installing Windows again.

[adrynalyne]

  On 03/02/2023 at 03:20, nukenorman said:

So I finally switched to windows 11 from Windows 10. I have always used a local account intead of an online account but figured I will just try out an online account this time since it is forced even on windows 11 pro ( I know their is a technical hack work around during setup ) but figured would try the online account for once.

My system folder under C:/users is named "norma"

My name is Norman not norma. All the other folders on my computer such as the home folder and one drive folder is named correctly as " Norman"

So I do not see how it could be a mistake under the cloud online account ( because at setup it does not ask for a name since its an online account )

Login shows my correct name. The photos/documents folder/one drive all show my correct name as Norman.

Just the C:/Users/Norma is showing the wrong correct name.

Anyone kwow why? THis is driving me crazy and I alread re installed windows 11 to see if it would fix it and my actual name on the onlne account is correct too

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User folders created for MSA accounts are limited to 5 characters and the rest is truncated. 

[DKAngel]

  On 03/02/2023 at 03:55, adrynalyne said:

User folders created for MSA accounts are limited to 5 characters and the rest is truncated. 

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What this guy said =]

my username got shrunk down to 5 chars also =]

[+Elі Subscriber²]

  On 03/02/2023 at 03:20, nukenorman said:

So I finally switched to windows 11 from Windows 10. I have always used a local account intead of an online account but figured I will just try out an online account this time since it is forced even on windows 11 pro ( I know their is a technical hack work around during setup ) but figured would try the online account for once.

My system folder under C:/users is named "norma"

My name is Norman not norma. All the other folders on my computer such as the home folder and one drive folder is named correctly as " Norman"

So I do not see how it could be a mistake under the cloud online account ( because at setup it does not ask for a name since its an online account )

Login shows my correct name. The photos/documents folder/one drive all show my correct name as Norman.

Just the C:/Users/Norma is showing the wrong correct name.

Anyone kwow why? THis is driving me crazy and I alread re installed windows 11 to see if it would fix it and my actual name on the onlne account is correct too

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This is something that was bugging me as well since I returned to Windows a couple of years ago.

On my latest Windows 11 install I forced Windows into a local account for this same reason.

I believe there are ways you can modify your Windows Profile so as to rename your local folder, but when I researched for those I saw potential for things breaking after doing it.

My suggestion? Just ignore it and live with it like I did for two years or reinstall and force a local account then sign in into your Microsoft account normally.

Edit: Another thing you may do if you don't wish to re-install Windows and you still don't have much stuff done is to create another user local account with the desired name, then delete the original.

[Matthew S.]

One work around would be to create a hard link