Solved Net user command

yousaf465 · Aug 27, 2022

I got locked out of my local Windows 11 account, due to fingerprint sensor not working.
I do have access via another administrator account. Now I want to change the password for my main account which "Yousaf Saleem Malik"
How do change it using the Net user command ? The output for Net User command is below

Code:

C:\WINDOWS\system32>Net User

User accounts for \\DESKTOP-V2MBJIL

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
admin                    Administrator            DefaultAccount
Guest                    WDAGUtilityAccount       Yousaf Saleem Malik
The command completed successfully.

If try to change password using the Net User Yousaf Saleem Malik NewSecretPass command this happens

Powershell:

C:\WINDOWS\system32>net user Yousaf Saleem Malik NewSecretPass 
The syntax of this command is:

NET USER
[username [password | *] [options]] [/DOMAIN]
         username {password | *} /ADD [options] [/DOMAIN]
         username [/DELETE] [/DOMAIN]
         username [/TIMES:{times | ALL}]
         username [/ACTIVE: {YES | NO}]

how to change the password for user Yousaf Saleem Malik?

yousaf465 · Aug 27, 2022

Found the answer
using double quotes around the username

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Try3 · Aug 27, 2022

Well done for finding the solution to this on your own.

Windows commands always require " to be wrapped around usernames, folder paths & filenames that contain spaces or ampersands [&].
Net User "Yousaf Saleem Malik"
Dir "C:\Program Files\Intel"
Dir "C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel*"

I always set single-word usernames to avoid such complications.

All the best,
Denis

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