had to reinstall red faction and used another red faction installer from GOG Games and the download and installed pure faction just fine. game plays just fine. I downloaded the name editor and was trying to use it but now when i try it just says "Red Faction doesn't seem to be installed on your computer. Please verify and try again". Would really like some assistance or a different way to change my name.

You can change your name with the "name" command in the console (~ key)

Rf name editor checks the default rf install location, which is
C:\games\RedFaction
if you move your rf folder to that location then it should work then

Well i moved the game and didn't work. also the red faction i reinstalled isn't an iso so i think that has something to do with it.