Windows7: Renamed user/profile name but actual folder name didn't change

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Published on 2010-04-08T08:40:36Z Indexed on 2010/04/08 8:43 UTC
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I renamed a user profile to a new name. This worked but when I look into the folder path, the old name is being used. Why? And how can I make the folder pathname the same as the new name?

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