After you create a user account, Windows will create a user profile folder with the same name insideC:\Users. Whenever you log into an account, the system needs to load the necessary files from the profile folder.
If this profile folder becomes corrupt, Windows will create and load a temporary profile, where you see the “We can’t sign into your account” error. The temporary profile will remain for the session.
But each time you log in to this account after restarting your computer, Windows will keep creating new temporary profiles while giving this error. So you must repair the original profile or create a new one to resolve this issue.
Restart Your Computer
Sometimes, Windows may actually think that the profile has become corrupt even if it is not so, due to temporary system issues. Restarting your computer once or a few times should resolve any such temporary issues.
Check User Profile Registry
The most common causes of this error include the following:
You need to check the user profile folder as well as the relevant registry entries to look out for and resolve such issues.
Your system also keeps track of the profile data. If it detects any corruption, it will create a registry backup of the profile in the previous state. If this previous state does not have any corruption, you may try restoring it through the Registry Editor as well.
Create Another Account and Restore User Profile Files
you may also try creating another admin user account and restore all the necessary user files from the previous user profile folder. It is more of a workaround than a solution, but it is the easiest way to deal with user profile corruption.
Now, it’s also best to run theSystem File Checker (SFC) and the Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) utilities. Doing so will take care of any possible errors that may have caused the profile corruption.
Don’t delete the old user profile folder yet as you may need to restore some AppData folder contents, such as save files for certain games. The contents are app-specific, and you will need to check their forums for the exact location of the data.
Also, only try restoring these if you encounter issues with the application and only after making sure of what you need to do. If you don’t encounter any issues after a long time (days or weeks), you can delete the old user account and the old user profile folder.
