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This tag collects WindowsForum.com discussion of Fast User Switching, the Windows 10 and Windows 11 feature that lets multiple accounts stay signed in while you move between them. The tagged content focuses on troubleshooting the missing Switch User option, which can disappear from the Start menu, the Ctrl+Alt+Del security screen, or the lock screen. Coverage explains that the option may be absent when only one active sign-in profile exists or when policy has restricted switching, and it walks through restoring it by confirming a second local or Microsoft account, clearing the Hide entry points for Fast User Switching policy in the Local Group Policy Editor, or resetting the HideFastUserSwitching registry value.
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    Switch User Missing in Windows 11/10? Restore Fast User Switching via Policy and Registry

    When the option to switch users disappears from the Start menu, the Ctrl+Alt+Del security screen, or the lower-left corner of the Windows lock screen, the operating system has either detected only one active sign-in profile or had Fast User Switching restricted by policy. In both Windows 10 and...