Since we're now (pretty much) forced to set up Windows with a Microsoft account, the only way to avoid getting this default User folder name is to install Windows 11 without an internet connection.

To change the name of a user profile folder in Windows 11, sign out of that user account and sign in with another user account. Also, make sure that you are signed in as an administrator.

These are broken icons in Windows 11/10, ... If that doesn’t work, you can rebuild the icon cache. For this, delete the IconCache.db file from the user’s AppData folder, ...

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The User Profile Folder is an essential location in your Windows 10 and 11 installations, but renaming it isn't something you can do easily. Here's how.