

If you want to output all the properties and their values for a local user account, you need to use the Get-LocalUser cmdlet with the following parameters: Get-LocalUser -Name ‘guest’ | Select-Object * We’ll use the Get-LocalUser cmdlet: Get-LocalUserĪs you can see, we have two local user accounts, and one of them is disabled (the one that has “False” in the “Enabled” column).

Listing users and their properties with PowerShellįirst, let’s get a list of all local user accounts on the machine. Let’s see how you can use these commands to perform common tasks related to managing local users on a Windows 10 computer. Managing Local User Accounts with PowerShell Set-LocalUser - Change the account settings of a local user.Set-LocalGroup - Change the settings of a local group.

Rename-LocalUser - Rename a local user account.Rename-LocalGroup - Rename a local group.Remove-LocalUser - Remove a local user account.Remove-LocalGroupMember - Remove a member from a local group.Remove-LocalGroup - Remove a local group.New-LocalUser - Create a new local user account.New-LocalGroup - Create a new local group.Get-LocalUser - View a local user account’s preferences.Get-LocalGroupMember - View the list of all local group members.Get-LocalGroup - View local group preferences.Enable-LocalUser - Enable a local user account.Disable-LocalUser -Disable a local user account.Add-LocalGroupMember - Add a user to the local group.You can view the full list by running the following command: Get-Command -Module There are 15 cmdlets in the LocalAccounts module.
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Previously, you had to download and import it into PowerShell explicitly, and also install Windows Management Framework 5.1 in the Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10 operating systems, the cmdlet collection is included as a standard module. To help admins manage local users and groups with PowerShell more easily, Microsoft provides a cmdlet collection called.
