How to Change Passwords on Encrypted Accounts

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Whenever I change my passwords on accounts that have encrypted home folders it destroys these accounts. When I try to log back into them they no longer know how to open my home folder correctly and fail to log in properly. How do I get around this?

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I figured it out by researching.  You have to change it from the About Me application to change the passwords together in a GUI.  Otherwise, if you use the User and Groups Application or a Terminal command you'll have to use a second Terminal command to change the encrypted password separately.