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Enable Sign in different user Option in SharePoint 2013

By default SharePoint 2013 site “sign in different user” option doesn't show.

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Step 1: Go to the following location and open the Welcome.ascx in Visual Studio or Notepad.

    C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\TEMPLATE\CONTROLTEMPLATES

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Step 2: Add the following code and save the file.

  1. <SharePoint:MenuItemTemplate runat="server" ID="ID_LoginAsDifferentUser"  
  2.    Text="<%$Resources:wss,personalactions_loginasdifferentuser%>"  
  3.    Description="<%$Resources:wss,personalactions_loginasdifferentuserdescription%>"  
  4.    MenuGroupId="100"  
  5.    Sequence="100"  
  6.    UseShortId="true"  
  7. />  
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Step 3: Go to your SharePoint site and refresh the screen.

System account

Summary

In this article we learnt how to enable “sign in different user” option in SharePoint 2013.