I am having some problems after changing my laptop's name. I changed it under System in the Control Panel. The only folder in it is the users folder. My user name is incorrect & I have several NTUSER.DAT files under my user name. Where are all of my files under my computer name? Everything is still under my C: drive. I'm having a problem using the Homegroup now too. Anyone that can tell me how to fix this & my user name. I tried changing it with netplwiz but it didn't change it under users folder.
This is my laptop info:
TOSHIBA LAPTOP SPECS
SYSTEM MODEL
Toshiba Satellite L775D PSK4OU-OOGOOP
OPERATING SYSTEM
Windows 10 Home x64 Version 1511 Build 10586.71 IE Version 11.63.10586.0CO
Chrome Version 48.0.2564.103 m
Boot Mode: Legacy BIOS in UEFI
Secure boot not supported
MAIN CIRCUIT BOARD
Board: Pegatron Corporation TKBSS 1.50
Bus Clock: 100 MHz
UEFI: American Megatrends Inc. 1.50 10/18/2011
PROCESSOR
1.40 Gigahertz AMD A6-34OOM APU with Radeon HD graphics
Graphics Chipset:AMD Radeon(TM) HD 6520G
512 KB primary memory cache
4096 secondary memory cache
64=bit ready
BIOS Version:012.043.000.001
BIOS Part Number:BR40547.bin
BIOS Date:04/07/2011
DRIVES
HGST 1Tb hard drive, 7200 RPM, Advanced Format
P/N H2T100032725 SATA 6 0Gb/s FW: 350
HL-DT=ST BDDVDRW CT31F Optical Drive
PCI to USB host controller 3x
Standard open HCD USB host Controller 3x
MEMORY
8 GB RAM
LOCAL DRIVE VOLUMES
C: NTSF
CONTROLLERS
ATA Channel 0
ATA Channel 1
Standard dual channel PCI IDE Controller
Standard SATA AHCI Controller
BUS ADAPTERS
MS Storage spaces controller.
Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host
DISPLAY
AMD Radeon HD 6520G Display Adapter
Generic PnP monitor 17.1” vis.
MULTIMEDIA
AMD HD Audio Device
Realtek HD Audio
Microphone Realtek HD Audio
Speakers Realtek HD Audio
Toshiba Web Camera – MP
OTHER DEVICES
MS AC Adapter
MS ACPI -Compliant Control Method Battery
HID-Compliant Consumer Control Device 2x
HID-Compliant Wireless Radio Controls
Toshiba Hotkey Driver
Standard PS/2 Keyboard
Synaptics PS/2 Port Touchpad Mouse
Send to OneNote 2010
MS Device Association Root Enumerator
MS GS Wavetable Synth
MS IPv4 IPv6 Transition Adapter Bus
MS Radio Device Enumeration Bus
MS RRAS Root Enumerator
USB Composite Device
USB Root Hub 6x
Generic Volume Shadow Copy
WIRELESS NETWORK CONNECTION
Realtek RTL8188CE Wireless LAN 802
Teredo Tunneling Psuedo-Interface
PRINTERS
HP Envy 100 All-in-One D410 Series
HP Officejet Pro 8600 All-in-One
ANTI-VIRIS PROTECTION
Windows Firewall & Defender
Before you changed the name of your laptop did you do a system restore point
Or do a backup
If you have a Restore point before you changed your laptop name you should be able to roll back
Hopefully you will then be able to get your files/folders back
System Restore Windows 10 - Windows 10 blog
Yes, I have a restore point but it will roll back to the old name won't it? It's something weird the computer made up.
Yes but then you should be able to then get your files and folders you want to retrieve
I've changed the Computer Name many times with no side affects. Exactly for the reason you mention. Now Windows gives it a weird name during install with no option to change it during setup? Then I go to System > Advanced system settings to set what I want it to be. I've never lost any user files in the process though? My User name under C:Users is Kerry, which is just the first 5 characters of my Microsoft ID. Yours may be the same. Depending on what your Microsoft ID is, it could end up being weird? Changing your username will not rename the C:Users folder. It will change everywhere else in Windows but the actual folder name will not change. You would have to create a new user (new folder) to do that.
Create a new user or new folder?
To create a new user folder you need to create a new user. If you set it up as a local account instead of a Microsoft ID, you can name it anything you want. Then switch to a Microsoft ID and the folder name will stay what it was.Create a new user or new folder?
Thank you!
