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“You’ve been ‘Logged in With a Temporary Profile Error’ There are many things that could stop you from getting into your user account. If you’ve ever logged into your computer and seen the message “You have been logged on with a temporary profile,” you know what I mean.
This means that if your user account profile is corrupted or attacked by a virus and Windows can’t load it, it will create a temporary profile that the user can use to log in. When the user logs out of the system, any files or folders they made with this temporary profile will be deleted. Also, when you are logged in with a temporary profile, you can’t get to any of your files.
‘Logged in With a Temporary Profile Error’ Issue on Windows 11/10
Run SFC and DISM
- Press Windows Key + X then click on Command Prompt(Admin).
- .Now type the following in the cmd and hit Enter
- Wait for the above process to finish and once done restart your computer.
- Again open cmd and type the following command and hit enter after each one
- Let the DISM command run and wait for it to finish.
- Reboot your PC to save changes and see if you’re able to Fix You’ve been signed in with a temporary profile error.
Through Check Disk Tool
- Hold Windows key and Press E to open windows explorer. Right click on your C: drive, if you don’t see the C:\ drive, then click This PC from the left pane, then choose the C:\ Drive (which is where your Windows is installed)
- Click on Properties.
- Click on the Tools tab. Under Error checking, click Check now. Click Start to start scanning. If it says that it can’t scan while the drive is in use, then click Schedule disk check and Restart your system. It will scan and fix after restarting, so don’t press any key to cancel disc checking.
Correcting registry Entry
- Press Windows key + R. In the run window, type regedit and press Enter. Click Yes if the UAC warning appears.
- In the left pane, double click on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE to expand it. Now click on Software under it. Similarly navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
- Under ProfileList in the left pane, locate the SID keys which are something like “S-1-5-21..some long number”. You will see two or more of these SID keys, probably one will have .bak at the end and other one will be without it. The one with .bak is the link to your inaccessible profile and there will be one other that is to the temporary profile you are currently using.
- To confirm, click on any SID key to highlight it. Now in the right pane, next to ProfileImagePath in the Data row, it will be “C:\Users\’Your Inaccessible Profile Name’”. Click on all SID keys like “S-1-5-21….some long number” and delete the keys that have your profile name next to ProfileImagePath EXCEPT the one with .bak at in the end. Confirm the message and click OK.
- Right click on the “S-1-5-21….some long number” key with .bak at the end, and click Rename.
- Delete “.bak” from the end of the key. Close the window. Restart your computer.
- Now try logging in your original profile. If you’re still facing the same issue, then we can delete the remaining key too so that a new registry key is created.
- Log in through built in Administrator account.
Fix Logged in With a Temporary Profile Update Windows
- Press the Windows key
- Go to settings
- Select the Update & Security section
- Click on Windows update and click on check for updates button
- If there are any new updates available then it will get downloaded and installed automatically.
Try to Refresh the Location
- Open This PC
- Right-click on the documents
- Select properties
- Click on the Location tab
- Now, click on the Find Target
- Go to the directory where your files are located and click on it
- In the file explorer, click on directory list.
- A text will appear C:\Users\(YourUser)\documents, copy this and close the file explorer
- Paste C:\Users\(YourUser)\documents and click on the Apply button
Sign-In With Password Instead of PIN
- Press the Windows key
- Go to settings
- Select the Accounts section
- Click on sign-in option
- Select the PIN section and click on Remove button
If the error persists, you can also visit the Microsoft Support website to resolve the problem.
FAQ
How do I fix temporary profile signed in
- Start registry editor by typing regedit.
- Navigate to the following registry key:
- You will see a list of user profile SIDs.
- Rename the profile with the same SID (for example by adding .bad)
- Remove the .
- Log off and login with the user that originally had the issue.
Why am I logged on with a temporary profile Windows 10
Windows will sometimes sign into a temporary account if the User account gets corrupted and won’t start. You can’t use a Temp Account like a regular account, so don’t set it up or copy files into it. If you do, the computer might decide to start up in your old Account when you restart.
How do I get rid of temporary account profile on Windows
- From the file tree on the left navigate to the following folder:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList.
- Once here locate any folders with the “.bak” extension on the end of the name and delete.
- this folder. This should clear any temporary profile error.
What does temporary profile mean
When the user’s profile can’t load because of an error, a temporary user profile is created. Every time a user logs off, their temporary profiles are deleted, and any changes they made to their desktop settings or files are lost.