09-14-2012, 05:57 PM
Bosco wrote:
Bixby- you can not just change the name in user accounts.
C(-)ris- I'm assuming I have to create a new user account first, then delete the account I want to copy using your instructions?
I'm really nervous about deleting the account because I really can't afford to lose any settings / plug-ins / etc.
No. If you create the new account first, it will already have its own folder. C(-)ris was suggesting a strategy that allows the new account to adopt the old folder.
Makes me wonder if the following might be a less anxiety-producing strategy. Would it be possible to make a copy of the user folder and then rename the copy to the shortname you want to use for the new user. Then create the new account and get it to adopt the newshortname folder.
The benefit here would be the comfort of knowing that the original account remains intact should you need it.
The more technically astute members here might point out any flaws in my proposal and any workarounds for those flaws.