Remove group from local administratorsgroup

[shornw]

I want to remove a group from the local administrators group. The problem I have is that the command line "net local group groupname /delete" doesn't work if there are more than about 20 characters in the groupname eg.

"net local group testgroup /delete" will delete the group

"net local group This-Is-A-Test-group-with-many-characters /delete" will NOT remove the group

Is there anything within AutoIt that could do this, I cant find anything.

Thanks for looking

[Juvigy]

try this:

"net local group 'This-Is-A-Test-group-with-many-characters' /delete"

Or try with WMI:

Global $oLocalGroup = ObjGet("WinNT://" & @ComputerName & "/Power Users")

$oLocalGroup.Add("WinNT://" & $sDomainName & "/" & $sGlobalGroup)
If $f_COMError Then
    MsgBox(16, "Error", "Rats!")
Else
    MsgBox(64, "Success", "Woohoo!")
EndIf

[shornw]

Sorry... bad description. Post should read

"net local group Administratots testuser /delete" will delete the group

"net local group Administrators This-Is-A-Test-user-with-many-characters /delete" will NOT remove the group

Juvigy -Thanks for this. I tried the "net local group 'This-Is-A-Test-group-with-many-characters' /delete" option before posting and it also doesn't work. It's a real pain and must be a bug as I can see no reason why there would be a character limit.

[Juvigy]

Actually there is a character limit.

Did you try the WMI solution? Just change ADD with Remove