How to Activate User account from command line

If you love the idea of hiding things including your user account to your family members or you just want to re-enable the hidden administrator account.

Here’s a quick tip to enable any account from the command prompt.

All you need to do is open the command prompt as administrator, press Win key and type “cmd”. Right-click and choose Run as administrator.

With Password - myP@ssword

Net user Lawrence myP@ssword /active:yes  

-> activates the hidden user account Lawrence

Net user Lawrence myP@ssword /active:no    

-> Hides or disables the user account Lawrence

If you want to enable the hidden administrator account, use this command: Net user Administrator P@ssword /active:yes  

Without a Password

Net user Lawrence /active:yes

Net user Lawrence /active:no

Net user Administrator /active:yes  

 

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