Administrator FilePath

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Hi

I have a program that users a set of filepaths to obtain data. I have it running on 3 other PC's and now I want to also run it on mine. It grabs files from a shared dropbox folder.

In the other PC's the filepaths are all:

C:/Administrator/Dropbox/etc

BUT in my PC the same files are stored in:
C:/Alex/Dropbox/etc

I can't go in and change all the filepaths to my filepath, I need to ensure that the name "Alex" is replaced with "Administrator"

How do I do that?
 

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System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
Administrator does not equal Alex so you can't. All I can think of to do is copy C:/Alex/Dropbox/etc/* to C:/Administrator/Dropbox/etc/ before running the program.
 

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System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro X64
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The other approach would be to abandon the built-in Administrator account on other PCs. Generally, it's a good idea, and it's quite easy. Just use Windows Easy Transfer (migwiz) to save files and settings, then create another account (Alex) and use migwiz to import the settings.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion dv7t (17.3'', i7-2630QM, HD 6770M 1Gb, 8Gb RAM, 2 SSD@120Gb + 1 HDD@750Gb)
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