Create local user with PowerShell (Windows Vista)

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Valentin V picture Valentin V · Dec 20, 2008 · Viewed 15.1k times · Source

I've installed PowerShell recently and one of the first things I started looking for was how to create a new user. After looking for some time I still haven't found this. I have a little experience in bash on linux and find it very effective. Creating users there is trivial. Is there an easy\built-in way to create a local user with PowerShell?

Thank you.

Answer

BobbyShaftoe picture BobbyShaftoe · Dec 20, 2008

You can use the localhost's ADSI:

function create-account ([string]$accountName = "testuser") {   
   $hostname = hostname   
   $comp = [adsi] "WinNT://$hostname"  
   $user = $comp.Create("User", $accountName)   
   $user.SetPassword("Password1")   
   $user.SetInfo()   
}

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