Windows 10: You've been logged in as a temporary user

I have looked for a post on this but can't find one with an answer, so apologies for the multi-post!

i've done an upgrade install of win10 from 8.1, and from a hardware PoV all is running smoothly. The only issue is I can't access any of my old user files or settings. Whenever I fire up the machine and try to log in (linked Microsoft account), it comes up with a message saying "You've been logged in as a temporary user" and won't give me access to any of my old files or settings. Plus, as it's a temp account, I cannot save any changes I make to the system, as it creates a new temp profile with every single login.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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Logged in as a temporary user

Upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10 yesterday. Everything seemed ok until today after a restart. Windows will not load my user profile, and will only sign me in as a temporary user. I have signed out and back in, tried signing in as a local user (previous
windows 7 user profile), restarted, turned off and back on. Account settings and sign in options look to be ok. How do I get my user profile back?

 

Logged in as a temporary user

Hi,

Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community.

I understand your concern and we will assist you to resolve this issue.

Try to login to Safe mode? And check are you able to login.

You may follow the steps provided below.

To enter Safe Mode in Windows 10:

• Press Windows + L to lock the screen.
• Press and Hold Shift key and click on power button
• Select restart while holding the shift key.
• The computer restarts to a Windows recovery mode.
• Once your PC restarts, on the Choose an option screen.

• Click on Troubleshoot.
• Click on Advanced Options.
• Click Windows Startup Settings.
• Click Restart.

You then see a list where you can choose Safe Mode .try and check if it helps.

Hope this information is helpful. Please do let us know if you need further assistance with Windows, we’ll be glad to assist you.

 

Unbelievably, just after writing this, I've found a fix!! Running windows update seemed to 'reset' the process and I got the proper account migration window up after a reboot. Literally the sixth reboot in a row but it triggered something. Hope this helps someone else!

 

I had this issue as well. I think I may have looked unbilieving when I saw the empty desktop...

In my case, I fixed it by changing a registry key as described here:
How to Fix Temporary Profile in Windows 7

If the account is accessible again afterwards, the key with "_new" at the end can be deleted from the registry (I in fact removed t right away).