Windows 10: Setting up two Windows 10 accounts with same Microsoft account

Hi, is it possible to have two Windows 10 accounts linked to the same Microsoft account? I have two accounts - one of them is linked to my Microsoft account but the other I created as a local account to separate out stuff I do for work dev stuff and my normal account which I use for everything else. But now I would like to link my "dev" account to my Microsoft account.


For a quick background, I'm taking some online CS courses so I decided to create a local admin account just for programming and stuff related to those courses. I recently started some work involved with teaching coding to kids. As much as possible I'd like to use the same "dev" account for work, and I'm generally able to. Except that due to COVID and everything being done virtually and online, some of the activities my work is doing is going to involve Minecraft for Windows 10 and teaching modding. I installed Minecraft for Win 10 on my laptop, but can't sign in from my local account. I can only sign in by switching to my linked Microsoft account. While it's not a big deal, from a workflow point of view, I would rather use my dev/work/local account for teaching coding, including Minecraft modding.


But when I go to settings in my local account and try to sign into my Microsoft account, it says there's already an account on the computer with that Microsoft account. Is there any way I can bypass this?


Thanks in advance.

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Strange Windows 10 User Account issue.

Unfortunately I had done those steps numerous reboots, it just, reappears for no good reason. The base account isn't even a Microsoft account, it's a local account.

I haven't quite tried the built in administrator account on W10, but so far in my experience on my own computer, the built in account seemed to have absolutely no more control than I did on my own.

It's just strange, I go in, it warns me twice about deleting the account, then it's gone. Reboot, and it's back?

EDIT: Just to specify, both command line and Netplwiz both say only HIS account exists on the computer, it doesn't list this rogue account. This is what I meant in my first post about the fact that even Windows doesn't seem to believe it exists, HALF the time. *Frown

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

As you may already know, Windows 10 (as well as Windows 8) allow you to log in with a valid Microsoft account, instead of creating a local account that only works on your machine. However, you may prefer to keep a local account for privacy reasons. If you do, though, some Windows 10 features—like Cortana—may not work. Despite the default behavior, the Windows 10 Store is not one of them. You can still log in to your Microsoft account for just the Store without switching to a full Microsoft account. The process, however, is not terribly obvious. To do so, follow these steps:

• Launch the Store from your Start menu.
• Click the user icon next to the search box.
• Click “Sign-in” from the menu that appears.
• Choose “Microsoft account” and log in like normal.
• When the “Make it yours” box appears do not enter your password. Instead, click “Sign in to just this app instead.”

from Lifehacker

 

Change Microsoft Account Details in Administrator Account


Hi Daryl, welcome to the Ten Forums.

It's quite easy in fact, simply switch the account in question first to a local account, then switch back to a Microsoft account, this time using your wife's MS account credentials.

Tutorials:

• Step 1: Local Account - Switch to in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums
• Step 2: Microsoft Account - Switch to in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums

Notice that before doing this you need to remove the new additional MS account on the PC, the one you created with her credentials. Windows allows only one user account for each email address, if the new account exists you cannot switch the original administrator account to an MS account using the same email address. Tutorial: User Account - Delete in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums