How to switch user from a command line

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XP, Vista or Windows 7:

Is there a command to use the "switch user" feature, the same way there is one to lock the workstation?

grawity · Answer 1 · 2010-04-13 15:44:13Z

Is there a command to use the "switch user" feature,

You can connect to an existing session with tscon.

What I'd like to do is get to the "welcome screen",

Use tsdiscon.

If Fast User Switching is on, then simply locking the workstation* should display the Welcome Screen too.

* I hope you don't use rundll32 LockWorkStation.

Sam152 · Answer 2 · 2010-04-13 09:01:06Z

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I believe it is possible, this article from Lifehacker explains how:

runas /user:*computer name\*account name explorer.exe

answered Apr 13 '10 at 9:01

Sam152
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	Thanks, but this only opens an Explorer window under the context of another user. I've used it many times. What I'd like to do is get to the "welcome screen", or even downright open a session under the other user's ID, with a single command (which I'd put in a shorcut in the quick-load toolbar). – user34049 Apr 13 '10 at 15:31
	`computer name\` is unneccessary. – grawity Apr 13 '10 at 15:41
	"computername" is necessary to access another computer. about launching explorer, it is only 50% of the path... – kokbira May 10 '11 at 19:56

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