How to show "Switch user" option in Windows 10?

I have Windows 10 Enterprise 1903 and I don't have any option to switch user. I manually have to execute tsdiscon.exe which is far from conveninant.

How to show the "Switch user" option in the start menu?

What is bizarre is that I do no have any Switch User option from any menu:

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  1. Click "Start".
  2. Click upper icon (grey silhouette) in the left column.
  3. The menu is opened, and its lower part shows all users available to switch to.

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If this icon is not visible, then:

  1. Open registry editor REGEDIT.EXE
  2. Navigate HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System.
  3. Edit HideFastUserSwitching parameter and set its value to 0.
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If your computer is part of a domain, the domain administrator might have disabled this option via GPO rule. You should in this case ask the administrator to undo this setting.

For the non-domain case:

Microsoft has stashed this option away so the previous method described in the other answer does not work anymore.

These methods still work (for the moment):

Switch user via the Shut Down Windows dialog

Open the Shut Down Windows dialog byAlt+F4and select "Switch user" in the list and hit OK.

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Switch user via Ctrl+Alt+Del

Press Ctrl+Alt+Deland select "Switch user" in the options.

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Both methods will bring you to the login screen to select the user to switch to.

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