How to change Windows user name in CMD

How to change Windows user name in CMD

First check existing users in the system

open command prompt as administrator and enter

net users

Next

You can use wmic for this. The command is:

wmic useraccount where name='currentname' rename newname

Example, if your username is "user" and you want to rename to "user1" the following command would be used.

wmic useraccount where name='user' rename user1

Please note, you need administrative privileges to use this command, so make sure you start your command prompt using run as administrator.

EDIT: suddenly you mention in the comments that you do NOT want to change the Username, but the Full Name instead.

The command for that is here:

wmic useraccount where fullname='currentname' rename newname

You can substitute fullname or name for any of the following:

AccountType  Description  Disabled  Domain    FullName     InstallDate  LocalAccount  Lockout  Name   PasswordChangeable  PasswordExpires  PasswordRequired  SID  SIDType  Status

You can use the following command to see a list of all users with all their settings:

wmic useraccount list

ways to change user account name in Windows 10:

 Change account name in Control Panel.
1: Access Control Panel/User Accounts and Family Safety/User Accounts.
2: Choose Change your account name.

Change account name in Control Panel.
1: Access Control Panel/User Accounts and Family Safety/User Accounts.
2: Choose Change your account name.
3: Type a new name in the box and tap Change Name.

Change account name in Local Users and Groups.

1: Open Run by Windows+R, enter lusrmgr.msc and hit OK to open Local Users and Groups.
2: Open the Users folder, right-click a user and select Rename in the menu.
3: Type a new name in the name box.

Change administrator or guest name in Local Group Policy Editor.
1: Access Local Group Policy Editor.
2: Open Computer Configuration/Windows Settings/Security Settings/Local Policies/Security Options/Accounts: Rename administrator account (or Accounts: Rename guest account).
3: Type new name and hit OK.

Convert Emails from Windows Live Mail to PST

Convert Emails from Windows Live Mail to PST

• MS Outlook is more widely used than Windows Live Mail.
• Managing data in Outlook is easier than in Windows Live Mail.
• Windows Live Mail is no longer supported in Windows Operating system after Windows 7.

Export Windows Live Mail to Outlook PST – Manually

You can directly convert WLM emails to Outlook by following manual steps. The following steps need to be followed to import WLM to MS Outlook, the steps are mentioned below:
1.  Open MS Outlook & Windows Live Mail email application on your systematic.
2.  On the main screen of WLM, click File >> Export >> Email messages.
3.  Click on Microsoft Exchange and then click Next.
4.  A dialog box will appear displaying “Export Message” click OK to proceed.
5.  Select the desired folder or you can select all the folders and then click OK.
6.  The software wizard will start the export process.
7.  Once the process gets completed, “Export complete” message will appear.
8.  Click the Finish button to end the process
From the above manual method you can migrate WLM to MS Outlook with ease. You can then check the exported WLM data files in MS Outlook.

Alternative Solution to Migrate Windows Live Mail to Outlook PST

If in case user does not want to go for the manual methods to convert WLM files to Outlook they can use Windows Live Mail to Outlook Converter by SysTools to easily migrate WLM emails to MS Outlook, which is much easier and user-friendly. This software can quickly transfer your WLM data files into Outlook PST file format. To export WLM to MS Outlook the user have to add the Windows Live Mail files to the tool and the conversion of emails, contacts, calendars etc will be performed without any compatibility issue.
The WLM converter is integrated with the following features:

• Bulk export WLM files to Outlook 2016/13/10
• The tool supports Auto detection of WLM for folder storage location
• Split PST file by size during the process to convert WLM emails to Outlook
• Preview emails, attachments, contacts, calendar items & normal mail view
• Several naming options are provided to export Windows Live Mail to Outlook PST