Create desktop shortcut to Switch User Accounts in Windows 8 | 7

If you need to switch User Accounts frequently in Windows, you can create a desktop shortcuts for it. This post will show you how to do it using the built-in Session Disconnection Utility.

Normally to switch users, you use the Power Options > Shut down button > Select Switch User. Then you press Ctrl+Alt+Delete, and then click the user you want to switch to. But if you wish, you can also create a desktop shortcut to do it.

Session Disconnection Utility

If you browse in C:\Windows\System32\ folder, you will come across an .exe file named as tsdiscon.exe. This is the Session Disconnection Utility. This process disconnects the current session, and can be used to create a shortcut to switch users in a click.

To create a desktop shortcut, right-click on the desktop > New > Shortcut > Type :

C:\Windows\System32\tsdiscon.exe

Click Next > Name it Switch Users > Finish.

Now give it a suitable icon. Now if you click on this shortcut, you will be immediately taken to the logon screen. Works just fine on Windows 8, Windows 7 and Windows Vista too.