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by jpalomaki 1807 days ago
On Windows one way is to create multiple user accounts and switch between them. With fast user switching you can multiple people logged on and move between them. If you need to share files, you can just setup the access rights to allow it.

Another convenient way is to user the browser profile. Chrome, Edge and Firefox all support them. For some apps (Slack, Teams) there's not much difference if you are running it inside browser or a the separate client app.

In general the issue likely exists, not because companies are stupid, but because resources are limited and multi-profile support is not likely top priority for the most important customers (large organizations).

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> If you need to share files, you can just setup the access rights to allow it.

"just setup". Try explaining how to do that to my parents so that they can share files with each other.

There used to be a "shared documents" folder that was accessible from any local user account in Windows.