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Unknown error. Error: rename on login
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Description
When trying to login using my laptop for the first time on the desktop app I get this error.

After trying to login with my passphrase.
Dell XPS Windows Home 10
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No source file, test, or entry point is named. Reproduce the first-login flow in the Windows 10 desktop app using the attached screenshot as the symptom reference, then trace the reported rename error. Done means identifying the cause and documenting or fixing the login failure.
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Assessment
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100