How do I quickly create user accounts via command line?

Under all Windows OS you can use the command prompt to quickly create user accounts via command line!

In certain situations, you may need to create multiple user accounts on Windows that should be available on a Windows device. Or you want to test software under other user accounts with less access rights. Here is a simple method that works on all Windows operating systems. For this you need the required access rights, or an user account with administrative rights.

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1.) Quick create windows user accounts!

Open / Start the windows cmd.exe or start a program like the ColorConsole.

Now all you have to do is run the right commands, as needed, to determine how many user accounts are needed.

Here in the example the default account user-1 is created, because Windows creates this as a default user when creating a new user, this must be added to another group if necessary and also removed from the default user.

(Creating of user accounts "User-1" to "User-3")

net user "User-1" /add

net user "User-2" /add

net user "User-3" /add

It is not possible to overwrite the user accounts because an error message appears when entering existing user names! (... see Image-1)

(Image-1) Create user accounts via command line!

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2.) Remove unnecessary windows user accounts quickly!

With the simple parameter /delete in place of /add, you can immediately delete the incorrectly created user accounts. (... see Image-2)

Tip: If one of the users should only have guest access rights!

Add command 1 ("User-1" to the guest group)

net localgroup guests "user-1" /add

command 2 (remove" user-1 " from the default user group)

net localgroup user "user-1" /delete

(Image-2) quickly delete windows user accounts via command line!

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These NET command commands are quite handy as they can be used on all operating systems such as Windows 10 (Redstone 4 & 5) Pro, Enterprise, Home, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows-Server 2016, 2012, 2008, Windows 7 Basic, Professional, Starter, Ultimate this of course refers to Windows NT systems, certainly there are similarly powerful commands under Linux, Android and MAC OS, with which one can achieve the same.

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How do I quickly create user accounts via command line?

Under all Windows OS you can use the command prompt to quickly create user accounts via command line!

Content / Solution / Examples: 1.) ... Quick create windows user accounts! 2.) ... Remove unnecessary windows user accounts quickly!

1.) Quick create windows user accounts!

2.) Remove unnecessary windows user accounts quickly!

See also: ►►► How do I list all users? ►►► How do I list files in all subdirectories?

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Content / Solution / Examples:
1.) ... Quick create windows user accounts!
2.) ... Remove unnecessary windows user accounts quickly!

See also:
►►► How do I list all users?
►►► How do I list files in all subdirectories?