Net Localgroup

Net localgroup command can be used to manage local user groups on a computer. Using this command, administrators can add users to groups, delete users from groups, create new groups and delete existing groups. Below you can find syntax for all these operations.

Create a new local group

We can use below command to create a new local group.

net localgroup /add groupname

Example:
Command for adding a new user group ‘testgroup’

net localgroup /add testgroup

List the user groups on the local computer
‘net localgroup‘ command displays the list of user groups on the local computer.
Example:

c:\>net localgroup
Aliases for \\WINCMD-PC
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*Administrators
*Backup Operators
*Power Users
*Remote Desktop Users
*Replicator
*testgrp
*Users

Some of the groups listed above, are created by default with Windows installation.

Add a user to group

Below is the syntax for adding a user to a local group.

net localgroup groupname username /add

For example, to add user ‘user1′ to the group ‘testgrp’ the command is:

net localgroup testgrp user1 /add

List the users that belong to a group

‘net localgroup groupname‘ prints the list of users in a group.

Example:

c:\>net localgroup testgrp
Alias name     testgrp
Comment
Members
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
test
The command completed successfully.

Delete user from group

Below is the command for deleting a user from a group.

net localgroup groupname username /delete

To delete user ‘user1′ from the group ‘testgrp’ the command is:

net localgroup testgrp user1 /delete

All the above commands should be run from elevated administrator command prompt in Vista and Windows 7. Other wise an error will be generated as shown below.

C:>net localgroup /add test1
System error 5 has occurred.
Access is denied.