Running Addusers.exe Does Not Add Any User Accounts or Generate Any Error Message (297309)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition 4.0
This article was previously published under Q297309

SYMPTOMS

When you run the Addusers.exe Resource Kit utility to add user accounts to a domain, and you include the /c option with an input file, no user accounts are added. After the utility runs, the system returns you to the command prompt and no error message appears.

CAUSE

This behavior can occur because of a syntax error in the online documentation for the Addusers utility. The documentation shows the syntax for the input file header for user accounts as [Users]. The correct syntax is [User].

RESOLUTION

To resolve this behavior, make sure that the input file header for the user names is [User]:

[User]
User Name, Full Name, Password, Home Drive, Home Path, Profile, Script

STATUS

This behavior is corrected in Microsoft Windows NT Resource Kit Supplement 1.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:8/6/2002
Keywords:kbnetwork kbprb KB297309
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