Caret character problem in Console Application

Question

Hi! I'm having a little trouble with the caret (^) character.

I'm creating a vb.net console application to verify an AD user.

Imports System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement  
Module Module1  
  
    Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)  
  
        Dim isWithAD As Boolean  
  
        Try  
  
            Dim pc As PrincipalContext = New PrincipalContext(ContextType.Domain, "<AD Domain Here>")  
            Using (pc)  
                isWithAD = pc.ValidateCredentials(args(0), args(1))  
            End Using![113447-ldap.png][1]  
  
            Console.WriteLine(IIf(isWithAD = True, "Success", "Failed"))  
  
        Catch ex As Exception  
  
            Console.WriteLine("Error [" + ex.ToString + "] - " + ex.InnerException.ToString)  
  
        End Try  
  
    End Sub  
  
End Module  

The problem is when the password has a caret character at the end (E.g. zpfrt^), it returns a FALSE value. Even I tried to enclosed it in [], (), "", and {}, it doesn't solve the problem. I also tried this one - ^^^^, it still not working.

Do you have any idea how to fix this?

Please let me know if you have a solution. Thanks in advance guys :)

Example:

Answer 1

Need a little help. Pls? thanks ^_^

Answer 2

Hello @Glenn Sarsonas ,

Thank you so much for posting here.

So sorry that I am not professional with this issue. Hope someone could share their knowledge or experience here. If there is still no progress, I would suggest that we could contact Microsoft Customer Services and Support to get an efficient solution:

https://support.serviceshub.microsoft.com/supportforbusiness

Thanks for your understanding and support.

Best regards,
Hannah Xiong