Visual Studio 2017 - How to fix error: We could not refresh the credentials for the account

Question

My email address has changed and now I can\'t log into Visual Studio 2017.

The error is \"We could not refresh the credentials for the account. Failed to refresh th

Answer 1

In case someone is still looking for an answer. What worked for me was checking that the AppData folder and Local folder were not on 'read only mode' in the path "C:\Users{username}\AppData\Local.IdentityService" and it just worked!