[SOLVED] weird user account issues..

dj3642a

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I have a weird user account issue going on and just noticed it.. I am not going to give the true user account name but the example is still the same.. when I go into control panel.. and look under user account. I have one listed.. and that is the administrator.. Daniel24, BUT when I go in under THIS PC and select my C drive.. and click on USERS.. all I see in there is.. Daniel.. then I go into CMD prompt . the prompt itself is listed as \users\Daniel.. when I type in whoami… I get Daniel24.. .. its odd under C/users all I have listed in Daniel and not Daniel24… also in command prompt.. when I type I NET USER.. I get one account Administrator Daniel24.. what gives??
 
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So its only showing the different name in one location? in the USERS folder? Or is showing in Cmd as well?

I expect its truncation rules in command prompt and the names displayed are the same users.

As for the User folder name -
In fact, if you create a new user by entering the email address associated with a Microsoft account, Windows uses the first five letters of that email address as the folder name.

Colif

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So its only showing the different name in one location? in the USERS folder? Or is showing in Cmd as well?

I expect its truncation rules in command prompt and the names displayed are the same users.

As for the User folder name -
In fact, if you create a new user by entering the email address associated with a Microsoft account, Windows uses the first five letters of that email address as the folder name.
 
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