Windows 10: HELP! Signed in with a temporary account - not the usual problem

Hi folks,

I'm hoping someone can help with this. My Windows 10 PC had a problem today where it couldn't find the boot drive. I replaced the SATA cable and it solved the problem, but when Windows 10 started back up it logged me in and gave the

message. I've googled this error and found this tutorial on how to fix it but the first step is to back up files and folders from C:\Users\(problem profile).

However, this folder no longer exists on my HDD. If I look at the profile registry key, it's pointing at where the folder should be, but the folder is gone. It's not hidden, I have hidden files viewable, it's just gone.

It was my profile, it was an administrator account. The rest of the family's profiles and files are intact, but mine are gone.

To add insult to injury, I tried a system restore from an automatic point taken at lunchtime today, but the process fails with this error:





Can anyone help, please?

:)

 

Help I'm being signed in as a temporary account

Sadly this did not work. It still puts me into a temporary account.

 

Help I'm being signed in as a temporary account

Hello Snorp,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community.

We regret the inconvenience you have experienced.

Shutdown your PC completely, wait for a moment and then restart it back. Now check if it fix the issue. If it doesn't fix the issue, follow these steps:

Important: This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps
carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

How to back up and restore the registry in Windows How to back up and restore the registry in Windows

* Start your PC in
Safe Mode

* Once you're in Safe Mode, press Windows Key + X on desktop screen and select
Command Prompt (Admin)

* Type net user administrator /active:yes into it and Hit Enter.

* Now log-off and log-in with the Administrator account.

* Click Start, type regedit in the
Search box, and then press ENTER. In Registry Editor, locate and then click the following registry subkey:





HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList

* In the navigation pane, locate the folder that begins with S-1-5 (SID key) followed by a long number. Click each
S-1-5 folder, locate the ProfileImagePath entry in the details pane, and then double-click to make sure that this is the user account profile that has the error.

* If you have two folders starting with S-1-5 followed by some long numbers and one of them ended with
.bak, you have to rename the .bak folder. To do this, follow these steps:

• Right-click the folder without .bak, and then click
  Rename. Type .ba, and then press ENTER.
• Right-click the folder that is named .bak, and then click
  Rename. Remove .bak at the end of the folder name, and then press ENTER.
• Right-click the folder that is named .ba, and then click
  Rename. Change the .ba to .bak at the end of the folder name, and then press ENTER.

[*]* If you have only one folder starting with S-1-5 that is followed by long numbers and ends with
.bak. Right-click the folder, and then click Rename. Remove .bak at the end of the folder name, and then press ENTER.
[*]* Click the folder without .bak in the details pane, double-click
RefCount, type 0, and then click OK. Click the folder without
.bak, in the details pane, double-click State, type
0, and then click OK.
[*]* Close Registry Editor. Restart the computer. Log on again with your original account to see if it fix the issue.

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Keep us posted if you require further assistance