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"Activate" Local user just after creating it with powershell

Hello when I create a user in powershell with New-LocalUser, I was wondering if there was a way to "activate" that user without connecting to it.

by "activate" I mean being able to make Windows create the users directories,registry keys, and all without manually disconnecting the current user and connecting to the newly created user.

Thank you.

Solution

  • Just run any process as that new user.

    Here is something that will start a powershell prompt as the new user and close it. This will create the user profile folder without disconnecting you from the current session.

    # Name credentials
$username = 'NewUsername'
$password = 'NewProfilePassword' | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force
$credential = [PSCredential]::New($username,$password)

Start-Process powershell.exe -Credential $Credential  -ArgumentList "-Command","Write-host 'Hello Profile'"