random profile.tmp file being created on my desktop, no idea why

hihi, so this has been an ongoing issue for quite a while, but whenever i run my laptop on my desktop there is always a profile.tmp file there. unsure why or what is the cause, but doing some research the apparent cause is valorant. not sure why or what the cause is, but i just wanted to know if i can do anything about it? i don't want to delete it because a) it usually never works and b) i think deleting it may cause a few valorant crashes like it did before. i will try to contact riot support, but yeah im quite insure what to do.

on the side - does anyone know how i can check what exactly created this file? because im really just assuming its riot instead of checking it properly. thanks in advance!

apparently could be due to corrupt files but i did a scan and everything seems fine. i do not think this will bring me any problems at all, just wanted to know if there was a solution. thank you!

Most likely corrupt.
See if this might help you: Redirecting

Jacee said:

Most likely corrupt.
See if this might help you: Redirecting

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This is a different problem, it's not a separate user profile but a leftover file. And everyone blames Valorant.
Non-gamers don't report this problem.

garlin said:

This is a different problem, it's not a separate user profile but a leftover file. And everyone blames Valorant.
Non-gamers don't report this problem.

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so what would the problem be then?

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Jacee said:

Most likely corrupt.
See if this might help you: Redirecting

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usually dont get this message so not sure if this will help.

the file hasnt caused me any problems, nor have i seen any problems happening with my user profile or anything at all. was just wondering why this was the case

The problem is the game isn't cleaning up for itself. It's probably harmless.


I don't believe that a DISM cleanup with fix it. If that was true, they would publish a guide telling you to run it before playing the game.

garlin said:

The problem is the game isn't cleaning up for itself. It's probably harmless.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantTechSupport/comments/rqai73/valorant_create_a_profiletmp_file_in_the_desktop

https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantTechSupport/comments/1ayryyw/valorant_create_a_profiletmp_file_on_the_desktop

I don't believe that a DISM cleanup with fix it. If that was true, they would publish a guide telling you to run it before playing the game.

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ah yeah it probably is, i was just wondering why it always ended up showing on my desktop lol, it got annoying at some point but im fine with it. just wanted to check. and yeah i tried the file clean ups and all i do not think there is a corrupt file or anything. thank you!