Windows 10: Fix You've been signed in with a temporary profile in Windows 10

It's odd that Windows didn't automatically recreate the user profile and its registry entries. Did you delete the user account instead by mistake?

Are you able to create a new user account to use instead?

 

The impression I'm getting is that windows didn't make a registry for the temporary account, so when I tried to do step nine, I mistakenly thought I was supposed to delete the user account SID.

That being said, when I manage user accounts in the control panel, my account is still the only thing that appears. It's hard to tell which account I'm in though, since the start button no longer functions, but since the address for my documents is still C:\Users\TEMP.LAPTOP-NSDSEDC0\Documents, I can't help but think I'm still in the temporary account.

I'm going to try making a new user account. I'll come back and tell you how it goes.

 

It sounds like you are signed in to a temp account still.

You can type %UserProfile% in the address bar of File Explorer to see what user profile folder it opens. This will be the one you are currently signed in to.

 

Thanks! Looks like the temporary account. It also looks like when I deleted the files, I removed my ability to access the settings app. It doesn't matter how I try to launch it, the app refuses to open. So it looks like making a new account is out of the question.

 

So this is weird. I attempted to boot in safe mode to see if I could make a new user account from there. I didn't have any luck, but upon restarting, I found that the start menu is working again and that I can open my settings. I still can't seem to make a new account, but might not need to. I've looked in the regedit and found a new SID. The image path inside it read C:\Users\Hunter The O'Brian.LAPTOP-NSDSEDC0.

This isn't the correct file name, so I was considering going through step 8, but I also checked in my Users folder and found a new folder which matches the name inside the new SID.

Here are the pics:








Should I try step 8, or does the presence of the new user folder change the situation?

 

The "C:\Users\Hunter The O'Brian.LAPTOP-NSDSEDC0" folder would be your new user profile folder for your account.

If your account is still not working properly, then you could try changing the path in the registry back to "C:\Users\Hunter The O'Brian", and restart the computer to see how it does afterwards. If it's worse, then you could change it back to "C:\Users\Hunter The O'Brian.LAPTOP-NSDSEDC0".

If all else fails, you could try doing a repair install to fix it without losing anything.

Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade

 

Success! I can't thank you enough for your continued help in spite of my initial goof up. Have a great day.

 

Hey Brink my brother had that problem a few months ago and I used this tutorial successfully; in fact it helped me decide to sign up as a member

 

That's great news Hunter. You're most welcome. *Smile

 

I'm glad it was able to help, and happy to have you as a member. *Smile

 

I tried this several times and it never works. I tried everything, restarting, signing out, reading tutorials, and nothing has worked. I guess I just keep screwing up some how. Now I don't a .bak file and even if I some how get it back I screw up again and lost it once more. Please help as soon as possible. Thank you!

 

Hello Myjazz65, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile

Double check to make sure that the ProfileImagePath value for your SID key without .bak has the correct full path of your user profile folder.

 

Wow very fast reply. Yes, I made sure of that and i tried reinstalling my drivers again. EDIT: Well that's the problem what happened (Some how) is that I have two profiles. One being Nathaniel and the other being Nathaniel.DESKTOP<Numbers>. I typed in %UserProfile% and noticed that I was logged in a the Nathaniel.DESKTOP one.

 

In that case, make sure the path in the registry is set for the "Nathaniel" folder without DESKTOP to see if that may do better for you. *Smile

 

Sadly enough now it just signed me into the Nathaniel one but, still on a temporary profile.