Windows logs into TEMP profile after restart

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Hi, I recently changed my user folder name in Windows, and after restarting my computer, I was logged into a temporary (TEMP) profile instead of my original user account. My original user folder is still visible in C:\Users, but Windows does not log me into it. I checked the registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList and noticed that my old profile entry is either missing or pointing to the TEMP folder. I tried renaming the registry keys as suggested in some guides, but it didn’t work. Now, I can't log into my old account, and my settings, files,

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