Windows 10: Enable or Disable Fast User Switching in Windows 10

How to: Enable or Disable Fast User Switching in Windows 10

How to Enable or Disable Fast User Switching in Windows 10


Information If you have more than one user account on your PC, Fast User Switching is an easy way for you to switch between accounts or for another user to sign in to Windows without signing you out or closing your apps and files.

If you like, you can disable Fast User Switching to hide the Switch user interface (entry points) for all users.

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable all Fast User Switching entry points for all users in Windows 10.

You must be signed in as an administrator to enable or disable Fast User Switching.

CONTENTS:

• Option One: To Enable or Disable Fast User Switching in Local Group Policy Editor
• Option Two: To Enable or Disable Fast User Switching using a BAT file

EXAMPLE: Switch User entry points (interfaces)
















OPTION ONE [/i] To Enable or Disable Fast User Switching in Local Group Policy Editor


Note Local Group Policy Editor is only available in the Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions.

All editions can use Option Two below.


1. Open the Local Group Policy Editor.

2. In the left pane of Local Group Policy Editor, navigate to the location below. (see screenshot below)
*Arrow Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Logon




3. In the right pane of Logon in Local Group Policy Editor, double click/tap on the Hide entry points for Fast User Switching policy to edit it. (see screenshot above)

4. Do step 5 (enable) or step 6 (disable) below for what you would like to do.


5. To Enable Fast User Switching
A) Select (dot) Not Configured or Enabled, click/tap on OK, and go to step 7 below. (see screenshot below)

NOTE: Not Configured is the default setting.

6. To Disable Fast User Switching
A) Select (dot) Disabled, click/tap on OK, and go to step 7 below. (see screenshot below)




7. When finished, you can close the Local Group Policy Editor if you like.





OPTION TWO [/i] To Enable or Disable Fast User Switching using a BAT file


Note The .bat files below will change the DWORD value in the registry keys below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

HideFastUserSwitching DWORD

<Delete> = Enable
1 = Disable


1. Do step 2 (enable) or step 3 (disable) below for what you would like to do.


2. To Enable Fast User Switching
NOTE: This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the BAT file below, and go to step 4 below.

Enable_Fast_User_Switching.bat

Download

3. To Disable Fast User Switching
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the BAT file below, and go to step 4 below.

Disable_Fast_User_Switching.bat

Download
4. Save the .bat file to your desktop.

5. Run the .bat file.

6. Click/tap on Yes when prompted by run as administrator.

7. You will now notice your screen flicker as a command prompt quickly opens and closes to apply the registry changes and restart the explorer process.

8. You can now delete the downloaded .bat file if you like.

That's it,
Shawn


Related Tutorials

• How to Switch User in Windows 10
• How to Create a Switch User Shortcut in Windows 10
• How to Add or Remove Sign out Option in Windows 10

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Disable fast user switching.

 

Disable fast user switching.

Hi,

You can try the following steps and check.

Fast User Switching is an easy way for another person to log on to the computer without logging you off or closing your programs and files. Follow the steps below to for Fast Switch User.

1. To begin, make sure that you have logged in as Administrator or have required administrative rights to change local group policies.

2. Press the Windows +R button.

3. Run dialog box will pop-up,type gpedit.msc..This will open Local Group Policy Editor.

4. Now, go to the following location and look for Local Computer Policy in the left pane.

5. Click on Local Computer Policy/Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/System/Logon.

6. Just double-click Hide Entry Points for Fast User Switching to bring up a dialog box to change Fast User Switching policy setting.

7. At the top, there are Not Configured, Enabled and Disabled options available. Selecting each setting will let you read its affect in Help section. To disable
Hide Entry Points for Fast User Switching, just select
Disabled from the list and click OK.

8. Once done, you will have to enforce the change made to Fast User Switching policy setting. To do so, close the Local Group Policy Editor and open the Run dialog box (Windows +R button). Enter the command “gpupdate
/force“ and click OK. The policy will be updated and applied on all user accounts.

9. To re-enable Fast User Switching, just choose Not Configured in its policy setting dialog and apply the changes via
gpupdate /force command.

I would also suggest you to stop and restart
Fast User Switching Compatibility in services.

Hope this helps.

Please post back if you have any issues related to Windows and we will be glad to assist you further.

 

Disable fast user switching.

One of my software recommends to disable fast user switching. But I have only one user set-up! I tried running gpedit.msc but Windows cannot find it. I located it manually and tried to execute it, only to get an error stating that MMC could not create the
snap-in!.

Kindly provide steps to follow to disable that feature. I am running Windows 10 home (with a single user account).

Thank you.

 

Disable fast user switching.

Home does not have the ability to run Gpedit and fast user switching is disabled by default

 

Switch user in windows 10

Hello SquareTerror541,

Double check using the tutorial below to make sure you have "Fast User Switching" enabled.

Enable or Disable Fast User Switching in Windows 10

If it is enabled, are you able to Switch User using any of the options in the tutorial below?

Switch User in Windows 10