minor user name problem

Hi, all -

I've just set up a Vista install and I made a minor error entering a user
name - I hit the apostrophe when I went to hit enter, appending an apostrophe
to the end of the name. I can't seem to correct it. I've tried changing the
name via the user account panel, I've even gone so far as to completely
delete the user account. Still, whenever I install an application in that
account (one that reads user information), the name with the apostrophe
appears as the initial value for user name. (I mean in Office or Visual
Studio, when it asks for user info during setup.)

Does anyone have any idea where the registry key with the string for user
name lives? I'm quite comfortable tweaking the registry, if someone could
point me in the right direction.

TIA...

Zippy;696920 Wrote:

> Hi, all -
>
> I've just set up a Vista install and I made a minor error entering a
> user
> name - I hit the apostrophe when I went to hit enter, appending an
> apostrophe
> to the end of the name. I can't seem to correct it. I've tried changing
> the
> name via the user account panel, I've even gone so far as to completely
> delete the user account. Still, whenever I install an application in
> that
> account (one that reads user information), the name with the apostrophe
> appears as the initial value for user name. (I mean in Office or Visual
> Studio, when it asks for user info during setup.)
>
> Does anyone have any idea where the registry key with the string for
> user
> name lives? I'm quite comfortable tweaking the registry, if someone
> could
> point me in the right direction.
>
> TIA...

Hi Zippy,

The only way that you can change the "C:\Users\(user name)" folder name
is to create a new user account and delete the old one.

Hope this helps,
Shawn


--
Brink

*There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
them.*
'*VISTA FORUMS*' (http://www.vistax64.com)
*Please post feedback to help others.*

Hi, Brink -

I'd already deleted the folder when I deleted the user account - but I still
get the version of the name with the apostrophe when I install software.

Weird, huh?

Zippy,

Yes, weird. It should of deleted it for you. Check under Option Two in
this tutorial to see if the profile is still listed. If it is, then you
can delete it to remove it.


http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/13...ot-loaded.html

Shawn


--
Brink

*There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
them.*
'*VISTA FORUMS*' (http://www.vistax64.com)
*Please post feedback to help others.*

Shawn -

Score!

: )

It wasn't quite a duplicate key, since one had the apostrophe in the path to
the user folder that I'd deleted earlier, but I was able to locate the user
account key that had the apostrophe and delete it. We'll see - everything
seems happy, I'm able to log into the account in question and all the
settings are still there, it still links to the right user folder, etc. Have
to install something else that reads the account info to be sure, but it
looks good.

Zippy,

I'm glad to hear that it seems ok so far. Thank you for the feedback.

Shawn


--
Brink

*There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
them.*
'*VISTA FORUMS*' (http://www.vistax64.com)
*Please post feedback to help others.*