We’ve had trouble switching between 2 users. We never had a “switch users” option. We would click on the icon for the other user and at first it worked. Then it started locking up the computer and the only way we could switch was to sign out and the other user sign in. Now it doesn’t even show the second user if the first user hasn’t signed out.
Hi jicecube. Welcome to the TenForums @jicecube
What version and build of 10 are you on?
Windows Key + R, type winver, enter.
Are you experiencing any other issues? Have you run sfc /scannow and is it reporting clean?
When you are on the desktop of the user currently signed in if you press ALT + F4 are you presented a menu and does that menu contain "Switch Users"?
Ken
1703 OS Build 15063.674
don't know about sfc /scannow - can try
menu I get from ALT+F4 on desktop only has options - sign out, sleep, restart
You could try Classic Shell, written by a forum member, which tweaks Start Menu and file explorer settings to mimic past Windows OS's. - http://www.classicshell.net/downloads/
Here's my Start Menu -
when try the sfc /scannow I get "another servicing or repair operation is currently running. Wait for this to finish and run sfc again. ???
Press Ctrl + ALT + Del keys > you will see Switch User option there.
Something like below :
Switch User in Windows 10 User Accounts Tutorials
Last edited by Brink; 13 Oct 2017 at 09:18. Reason: added tutorial link for more info
I think I've fixed it - I went in and found the "hide fast user key" and changed it from 1 to 0. Now "switch user" appears when I Press Ctrl + ALT + Del keys. Also now when I click on my icon with the Windows key it now shows the name of the other user and I seem to be able to switch between users. Thanks for everyone's help. If I run into problems again I'll be back, but hopefully this solved this issuer.
If this is Pro there's a group policy that sets that key, perhaps you accidentally set it? If it's Home I can't imagine how it got set, but you found the right key by the sounds of it.
Enable or Disable Fast User Switching in Windows 10 User Accounts Tutorials
Last edited by Brink; 13 Oct 2017 at 13:37. Reason: updated link
Thanks for the reminder on that Ken! Not sure what happened the first time, but I was able to start the scan which just competed successfully with the message "Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations."
Hopefully I'm good to go now! :)
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