▷ How to change user in windows 10

Changing users in Windows 10 allows us to log in with multiple accounts on the same computer. In this way we can be working on several profiles simultaneously in our team. In this step by step we will see how to change users in Windows 10 and we will also show how we can access another user's folder without having the session open.

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It is advisable to have several user accounts on our computer. Especially if other members of our family have access to the computer. In addition to our main administrator account, it is good that for ourselves or other users there are accounts with less privileges enabled. We will see how to quickly change users without having to log out of one to enter another.

How to create a new user in Windows 10

The first thing we must learn is how to create new users on our computer. To do this we already have a very complete tutorial and prepared for you to do it in different ways. We will also teach you how to modify the group to which each user belongs.

To create a user visit our step by step:

Change username in Windows 10

If you also want to change the username, you can also see the following tutorial:

Change user in Windows 10

Once we have established the premises to have several users on our team, let's see what ways there are to change users.

Using the combination Ctrl + Alt + Del

The first of the ways that we have available to change users is by using the " Ctrl + Alt + Del " key combination. If we do this combination, a blue screen will appear with a series of options. We are interested in " changing user"

Now we will see the Windows lock screen asking us for a new user and password. In it we will only have to choose one of the users that appear on the lower left side of the screen to log in with him.

Once the credentials have been placed, we will have started the session with another user. The session of our previous user will remain active and as we had left it.

Using the start menu

Another way we have to change users in Window10 is through the start menu.

• We must open the start menu and locate the icon with a stick or our profile picture, if what we have is a Microsoft account on the left side of the menu. We are going to click on this icon and a list of users will appear. in the system.

• By clicking on one of them we will directly access the session lock screen to log in with it. The procedure is the same as in the previous section.

Switch user with a shortcut on the desktop

If we must be changing users continuously for some specific reason, we can also create a shortcut on the desktop to perform this action.

• While on the desktop, we are going to right-click on it to open the options menu. Now we are going to enter " New " and then we are going to click on " Shortcut "

• Now a wizard will appear to create a shortcut. Let's write the following:

  % windir% \ System32 \ tsdiscon.exe

• We give " next " and choose a name for the direct access. Then we finish the wizard. We will have created the shortcut. Now we can change user in Windows 10 from this access.

If we want to customize the icon so that we know exactly what it is about, visit our icon customization tutorial:

If we double-click on it, we will automatically access the clipping screen where we can change users.

Access another user's folder

From a user we can access the contents of the folder of another user of our system. Although before we must take into account some limitations:

• To access another user's folder, they must have a password in their user account. Otherwise an error will be shown when trying to access unless we are an administrator. We can access the folder of the administrator user, even if our user does not have these permissions. We only need to know what your password is. If we are administrators, we will enter directly into the other user folders without having to enter your password.

In any case, what we have to do to access this content will be the following:

• We open the file explorer and enter the local hard drive (C:) or where we have installed our operating system. We go to the " Users " folder and then access the folder of the user in question

In this way we will have accessed the personal content of the other user.

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