Windows 10: windows 11 fast user switching not showing other accounts

Windows 11 Pro - I have 2 users locally and when I click on the 'Windows' button it shows the accountname 'Frank' with it being a microsoft account.In the past if you click on the accountname it normally would show another local user where then I could switch to that account and it would work well.I have tried regedit and gpedit to fix the problem with solutions from youtube but with no luck.Please can you guide me in fixing this issue?

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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.

 

hide Fast user switching in Windows 11

How do you hide Fast user switching in Windows 11

I have done the GPEdit and Regedit methods to enable hide Fast user switching and restarted but the option to switch is still there

Always worked with GPEdit on Windows 10