If you are getting the notification You've been signed in with a temporary profile notification below while signing in to your Windows 10 account, it means that you are signed in using a temporary profile, usually stored in C:\Users\TEMP. Any changes that the user makes to the temporary profile are lost after signing in. Here is how to fix it. Windows 10 stores all user preferences and settings in a user
profile. The user profile is a folder located in C:\Users\<user name>. It includes all account settings like selected desktop background, screen saver, File Explorer options and many other options. When the user profile is corrupted, Windows 10 displays a notification like this:
Here is how to fix this issue.
The profile folder path is not correct If the profile folder path is not correct like in the screenshot above, you just need to correct it. In my case, the ProfileImagePath points to C:\Users\winaero_local. This path is wrong. The correct path is C:\Users\winaero, so I need to correct it. Here is how it should be done.
The profile folder path is correct When the profile folder path is correct in Registry, this indicates that the profile files are corrupted and can't be used any more. In this case, you need to reset and rebuild the profile to fix this error. Delete the SID subkey without .bak at the end. After that, delete the SID subkey with the .bak portion in the name and then restart your PC. After reboot, Windows 10 will re-create the profile folder related to your user account. You will need to set up from scratch. That's it.Support us Winaero greatly relies on your support. You can help the site keep bringing you interesting and useful content and software by using these options: If you like this article, please share it using the buttons below. It won't take a lot from you, but it will help us grow. Thanks for your support! Post navigation |