I just installed Windows 11 Preview.

Windows 11 Pro
21H2
‎2021-‎07-‎02
version   22000.51
Windows Feature Experience Pack 421.16300.0.3

Since then, I have been getting a Windows PowerShell window with an error message on every boot:

Encountered errors while loading user settings

Could not find your default profile in your list of profiles - using the first profile. Check to make sure the "defaultProfile" matches the GUID of one of your profiles.

It seems it's running in Windows Terminal, which I have installed. I checked settings.json, but it seems to me like defaultProfile is filled in correctly and when I open a terminal of that profile later it works just fine.

    "defaultProfile": "{2c4de342-38b7-51cf-b940-2309a097f518}",

            {
                "cursorShape": "filledBox",
                "guid": "{2c4de342-38b7-51cf-b940-2309a097f518}",
                "hidden": false,
                "name": "Ubuntu",
                "source": "Windows.Terminal.Wsl",
                "startingDirectory": "\\\\wsl.localhost\\Ubuntu\\home\\august"
            },

How do I solve this new problem?

Solution 1:

i think if opened as admin might change the outcome- try to open the terminal as a regular user first - might solve it, as the error states that the current user is not part of the default profile - another way would be to go to actual user profile or Dafualtuser group mentioned in the error and edit the permissions there, i believe you can also solve it by going the the actual terminal file - right click and either add you current user to the list of users with full permissions or change the owner of the file - also posted by microsft to change the profile you can also 1.first open the Windows Terminal as admin 2 next click on the down arrow button from the top bar, and click/tap on the Settings -or press Ctrl + to see the settings,(see screenshot below)

https://imgur.com/cObMmnj

3 press the startup in the left pane. (see the screenshot below) https://imgur.com/fdaygUI

4 Select the shell profile (for example : "Windows PowerShell" or "Command Prompt") you want to use as the Default profile in the drop menu and simply reselect powershell.

5 dont forget to click/tap on Save at the bottom right.

6 You should now close the Settings tab and reopen Windows Terminal and it will work