Windows powershell - missing argument parameter

Question

net user Game Account /time:M-F,6am-8am;M-F,3pm-5pm;M-F,8pm-10pm

error:
At line:1 char:44

• net user Game Account /time:M-F,6am-8am;M-F,3pm-5pm;M-F,8pm-10pm
• ~
  Missing argument in parameter list.
  At line:1 char:56
• net user Game Account /time:M-F,6am-8am;M-F,3pm-5pm;M-F,8pm-10pm
• ~
  Missing argument in parameter list.
• CategoryInfo : ParserError: (:) [], ParentContainsErrorRecordException
• FullyQualifiedErrorId : MissingArgument

Answer 1

You need to put quotes around the times in addition to the account name (if you have spaces in the account name".

net user "Game Account" /times:"M-F,6am-8am;M-F,3pm-5pm;M-F,8pm-10pm"  

Answer 2

Hi @YAEL ELIAS

1) Try running this from an Administrator cmd prompt.

2) Try adding "" around Game Account (i.e. net user "Game Account" /time:M-F,6am-8am;M-F,3pm-5pm;M-F,8pm-10pm)

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Answer 3

Hi @YAEL ELIAS ,

please run the command in a Command Prompt with elevated permission. It looks like in PowerShell it's not possible to run the command this way.

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Regards
Andreas Baumgarten