Change Name of the Home Folder...

Forum,
I searched this topic and only found troubleshooting topics.
I want to change the name of my Home folder properly so that I don't mess up the system in the process.
I am the administrator of my computer and have full rights to every preference.
Thanks

The biggest hazard of doing what you want is that you can suddenly become a non-admin user. Best to enable root account with Netinfo Manager first. Then log in a root user and do all your changes from there. Before you log out of root account, ensure you are an admin user from System preferences. When you are finished you can disable root account.
However, you are not talking about changing your username but simply renaming your home folder. That is relatively simple. While logged in a root user, navigate to your folder name and simply change it. Next, open Netinfo manager, go to users column and find your old username. Unlock Netinfo by clicking the lock, then you can change your username in the netinfo fields by changing the "home" path. Save that stuff and log out and you should be able to log in to your new home folder.

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