Windows Tip: Create A Shortcut to Quickly Switch Users

I’ve shown you how to log off of your user account via a shortcut and, if you’re on a computer with multiple user accounts, you can also create a shortcut to quickly switch users. This utility disconnects the current session (it does not log off the account) when no command-line arguments are supplied.

How To

Follow along with these few short steps:

1. Right-click the Desktop and click New then Shortcut.
   
2. In the “Create Shortcut” dialog, enter the following and click the “Next” button:

%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\tsdiscon.exe


3. In the “Select Title for the Program” dialog, enter a descriptive name and click the “Finish” button.
   
4. Right-click the shortcut and click “Properties”.
5. Under the Shortcut tab, click “Change Icon . . .” This will pop-up the following error:
   
6. After clicking “OK”, a dialog should open displaying all of the icons in the location:
   %SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll
7. Find one that you like and click the “OK” button.
   

Options

You could get nutty and place this shortcut in your Quick Launch folder by typing Windows Key+R, then:
"C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch"


Command Line Options

You can also use tsdiscon.exe in a batch file. Here are the optional perimeters: