How to Create a Switch User Shortcut in Windows 10 & 11

By Timothy Tibbetts

on 06/15/2023

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If you use more than one account on Windows 10, you can easily create a shortcut to Switch Users, including Windows 10 Home, which lacks the Swith User executable.

Video tutorial:

How to Create a Switch User Shortcut in Windows 10 - Download

Download Switch User Shortcut.

Extract Switch User.Lnk and tsdiscon.exe from the zip file.

Windows 10 Home Users will need to copy tsdiscon.exe to C:\Windows\System32.

Copy Switch User.Lnk to your Desktop.

That's it. Double-click Switch User.Lnk to verify it works.

You can right-click on the Switch User shortcut to Pin to Start or Pin to Taskbar.

This tweak is included as part of MajorGeeks Windows Tweaks.

How to Create a Switch User Shortcut in Windows 10 - Create a Shortcut

If you don't want to download the Shortcut and use Windows 10 Pro, you can create the Shortcut yourself.

Right-click on your Desktop and click New > Shortcut.

Type in %windir%\System32\tsdiscon.exe.

Click Next.

Choose a name (Switch Users), and click Finish.

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