SharePoint 2013 : Log as an other user, add the custom action

Please follow the following step in order to activate the option 'Log as an other user'.

Open the file located in


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

Add the following lines after the element « ID_RequestAccess » :

<SharePoint:MenuItemTemplate runat="server" ID="ID_LoginAsDifferentUser"
Text="<%$Resources:wss,personalactions_loginasdifferentuser%>"
 Description="<%$Resources:wss,personalactions_loginasdifferentuserdescription%>"
 MenuGroupId="100"
 Sequence="100"
 UseShortId="true"
 />

And save the file.

You can now do a 'iisreset' and see the result as :

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2752600