NET Command Does Not Return Errorlevel (125857)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5

This article was previously published under Q125857

SYMPTOMS

The NET.EXE command fails to return an errorlevel. For example, when you run a batch file containing the following commands

   net group group1 user1 /add
   if errorlevel 1 echo add failed

"add failed" does not get echoed, even when user1 is not successfully added to group1.

CAUSE

There is a problem in the Windows NT 3.5 version of the NET.EXE command. This problem does not exist in Windows NT 3.1.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.5. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	11/4/2003
Keywords:	KB125857