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I was wondering if changing it can affect by any way my pc ?
I changed the name of my microsoft account that appears in my pc (not the name of the pc) so i did it by the Microsoft website and was thinking if it can break something, by maybe changing the name of user folder or something ?
Also it seems that the name changed when you click on settings and you are at the first page (where you can see your profile picture and name at the top left), but not in the start menu and in the settings>account>my informations tab on the pc. Is it normal ? How much time it can take?
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Hi, I am Dave, I will help you with this.
When you change the name used on your Microsoft account online, that will nor break anything on your PC, it will jsut change the name in the Settings app and on the login screen in Windows, it can take some times for that name change to appear on your PC, it does not change immediately, but it will change, also, changing your name online will never change the name on your user folder on the C drive.
Ok thanks, Now it did change everywhere!
