Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Bring “Sign in as Different User” back to SharePoint 2013

If you new to SharePoint 2013 like me and get confused looking for “Sign in as a Different User” menu command, don’t worry it is not there by design but we can easily bring it back.

Do the following steps to get the link back:

  • Locate the file \15\TEMPLATE\CONTROLTEMPLATES\Welcome.ascx and open it for editing.
  • Add the following snippet before the existing element that have id of “ID_RequestAccess”.

Text="<%$Resources:wss,personalactions_loginasdifferentuser%>"
Description="<%$Resources:wss,personalactions_loginasdifferentuserdescription%>"
MenuGroupId="100"
Sequence="100"
UseShortId="true"
/>

Save and close the file. Now you should get the link “Sign in as Different User” back.