How to open advanced tab of Advanced User Accounts using command line?

Is there a specific run command to directly open the advanced (second) tab of Advanced User Accounts, netplwiz or control userpasswords2?

Netplwiz and userpasswords 2 opens the 1st tab, but I want to directly open the 2nd (advanced tab) from the run box or command prompt.

I have tried variants as well as exhaustive internet searches, nothing which helped. The syntax should resemble something like below...but none work. Can anyone help please? Thanks!

explorer {98641F47-8C25-4936-BEE4-C2CE1298969D} -page\advanced
Rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Rundll_netplwiz
control userpasswords2 (parameter?)
control /name netplwiz (parameter?)
control /name userpasswords2

What do you want to do once the Advanced tab is displayed?

Mange Passwords button - can be accessed with control keymgr.dll
Advanced button - seems to be disabled in Windows 10
Require Ctrl+Alt+Delete - I seem to recall a Registry setting for this, but I don't remember which key to modify

mahoneycutt said:

What do you want to do once the Advanced tab is displayed?

Mange Passwords button - can be accessed with control keymgr.dll
Advanced button - seems to be disabled in Windows 10
Require Ctrl+Alt+Delete - I seem to recall a Registry setting for this, but I don't remember which key to modify

I confirmed, there is no command with parameter/argument to open the advanced tab of netplwiz.

Not a direct command, but a workaround using Powershell. The only problrm is that once NetAplwiz starts it needs an admin process to manipulate tabs etc.

So, one can either use a bat file which is "Run as Administrator", or the whole command string needs to be run in an "Admin Command box".

For a batch file run as Admin:

Code:

:: start Netplwiz and go to second tab
:: NOTE run this bat as admin
Powershell.exe -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -command "  "start-process Netplwiz" ;  Start-Sleep -MilliSeconds 250 ; Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms ; Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 250  ; [System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys]::SendWait('"^^{TAB}"' ) "
Exit

Or as a command string in an Admin Command Box:

Code:

Powershell.exe -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -command "  "start-process Netplwiz" ;  Start-Sleep -MilliSeconds 250 ; Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms ; Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 250  ; [System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys]::SendWait('"^^{TAB}"' ) "

Or as a Powershell string in an Admin Powershell Box:

Code:

Powershell.exe -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned start-process Netplwiz ;  Start-Sleep -MilliSeconds 250 ; Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms ; Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 250  ; [System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys]::SendWait("^{TAB}")

Maybe it works for you.

das10 said:

Not a direct command, but a workaround using Powershell. The only problrm is that once NetAplwiz starts it needs an admin process to manipulate tabs etc.

So, one can either use a bat file which is "Run as Administrator", or the whole command string needs to be run in an "Admin Command box".

For a batch file run as Admin:

Code:

:: start Netplwiz and go to second tab
:: NOTE run this bat as admin
Powershell.exe -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -command "  "start-process Netplwiz" ;  Start-Sleep -MilliSeconds 250 ; Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms ; Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 250  ; [System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys]::SendWait('"^^{TAB}"' ) "
Exit

Or as a command string in an Admin Command Box:

Code:

Powershell.exe -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -command "  "start-process Netplwiz" ;  Start-Sleep -MilliSeconds 250 ; Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms ; Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 250  ; [System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys]::SendWait('"^^{TAB}"' ) "

Or as a Powershell string in an Admin Powershell Box:

Code:

Powershell.exe -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned start-process Netplwiz ;  Start-Sleep -MilliSeconds 250 ; Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms ; Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 250  ; [System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys]::SendWait("^{TAB}")

Maybe it works for you.

Wow, that really does work. Thank you! I really should learn how to use PowerShell sometime!