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Is there a way to bring up the User Accounts windows in Windows 7 or 8, which appears when you type "control userpasswords2" via the user interface? I searched for it in every imaginable place and sub-menu, but so far haven't found it. Thank you.
Alex Popov
Posted 2012-12-10T10:39:31.173
Reputation: 953
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Just found out: the control userpasswords2 practically starts the netplwiz.exe utility. So in order to start it via the GUI, just go to %windir%/system32 and there double click on netplwiz.exe.
You can also add it as an option to the control panel via this script:
Alex Popov
Posted 2012-12-10T10:39:31.173
Reputation: 953
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2 ways of achieving this:
control userpasswords2 | enternetplwiz | enter
Wojciech Grymuza
Posted 2012-12-10T10:39:31.173
Reputation: 61
This does not start the tool via the GUI (like from the Control Panel for example), but involves writing commands. – Alex Popov – 2014-12-01T07:43:30.623
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Mark Allen
Posted 2012-12-10T10:39:31.173
Reputation: 2 801
It's not exactly the same tool as netplwiz.exe. Start both and compare them. – Alex Popov – 2012-12-11T10:46:54.737
I'm running Windows 8 Enterprise RTM and it pulls up literally the same UI. As in I ran netplwiz.exe and then followed my instructions and nothing happened, because it was already running. Could be a domain thing maybe. – Mark Allen – 2012-12-11T18:59:15.873
When I follow your instructions I get this: http://imageshack.us/f/585/31499220.png/
– Alex Popov – 2012-12-12T10:11:23.497I see! It must be a Windows 8 SKU difference, it looks like you're running "Windows 8" where I am running "Windows 8 Enterprise". Sorry for the confusion! – Mark Allen – 2012-12-12T18:37:32.580
I'm also running Enterprise :) – Alex Popov – 2012-12-13T06:21:18.787
Ok then it's a group policy setting, because those steps repro 100% for me. – Mark Allen – 2012-12-13T20:50:26.373
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On Windows 7,
1) Bring up the Control Panel (e.g., from the Start Menu).
If the Control Panel is in Categories mode (which, I believe, is the default),
2) Click on “User Accounts”, and
3) Click on “Give other users access to this computer”.
If the Control Panel is in Icons mode,
2) Click on “User Accounts”, and
3) Click on “Manage User Accounts”.
Scott
Posted 2012-12-10T10:39:31.173
Reputation: 17 653
1It's not exactly the same tool as netplwiz.exe. Start both and compare them. – Alex Popov – 2012-12-11T10:45:54.983
On Windows 7, I don’t see any difference. – Scott – 2012-12-11T16:18:22.570
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Just found out:
the control userpasswords2 practically starts the netplwiz.exe utility. So in order to start it via the GUI, just go to %windir%/system32 and there double click on netplwiz.exe. You can also add it as an option to the control panel via this script:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/add-user-accounts-utility-userpasswords2-to-control-panel/
1Post this as an answer. – Ramhound – 2012-12-10T12:15:59.520
Will do, but I need to wait for a few hours, as I don't have enough reputation, to answer right away. I must wait for 8 hours after posting the question. – Alex Popov – 2012-12-10T13:40:14.580