Scripts to create users on Windows 10 devices

Some corporate devices might be used by more than one employee. As a result, an administrator might have to create separate user accounts on each device. Manually creating accounts on all the devices is a tedious task. Hexnode lets admins deploy scripts to get the job done.

Batch Script

Create user

Batch script to create users on Windows

net user username password /add

1	net user username password /add

E.g., To create a user Josh,


Net user Josh “” /add


Change username

You can change the name of the created user account by running the script given below.

Replace ‘Administrator’ with the current name of the user and ‘NewName’ with the new name of the user, respectively.

Change password

The following script can be used to change the password for the user account.

Replace “Username” and “NewPassword” with your user’s name and required password.

Change account type to Standard

Replace “Account Name” with your user account name.

Change account type to Administrator

Replace “Account Name” with your user account name.

Powershell Script

Create user

E.g. To create a user Josh,


New-LocalUser –Name “Josh” -NoPassword


Change username

You can change the name of the created user account by running the script given below.

Replace ‘Administrator’ with the current name of the user and ‘NewName’ with the new name of the user, respectively.

Change password

The following script can be used to change the password for the user account.

Replace “Username” and “NewPassword” with your user’s name and required password.

Change account type to Standard

Replace “Account Name” with your user account name.

Change account type to Administrator

Replace “Account Name” with your user account name.