Content

• Steps
• Method 1 of 3: Create an Account
• Method 2 of 3: Hide your account
• Method 3 of 3: Displaying the account
• Tips
• Warnings

This article will guide you on how to create and manage a hidden account in Windows 7.

Steps

Method 1 of 3: Create an Account

1. 1 Open Notepad. To do this, click on "Start" - "All Programs" - "Accessories" - "Notepad" or type "notepad" (without quotes) in the search bar of the "Start" menu and press Enter.
2. 2 Enter the following code:
   • @echo off
   • net user hidden passwordhere / add
   • net localgroup Administrators hidden / add
3. 3 Attention! Replace passwordhere with your desired password and hidden with your desired username.
4. 4 Click "File" - "Save As".
   • From the Save as type menu, choose All Files.
   • In the File Name box, enter hidden.bat and click Save.
5. 5 Right click on the file and select "Run as administrator".
6. 6 Click "Yes" in the User Account Control window (if opened).
   • A command prompt window will open for a few seconds and then automatically close.
7. 7 Open a command prompt window by clicking "Start" - "All Programs" - "Accessories" - "Command Prompt" or simply type CMD in the Start menu search bar and press Enter.
8. 8 Type net users and press Enter.
9. 9 Find the created account in the list.
10. 10 Excellent! You have just created an account with administrator rights! Read on to find out how to hide your account.

Method 2 of 3: Hide your account

1. 1 Open a command prompt window by clicking "Start" - "All Programs" - "Accessories" - "Command Prompt" or simply type CMD in the Start Menu search bar.
2. 2 Right click on the file and select "Run as administrator".
3. 3 Type net user hidden / active: no and press Enter.
   • Attention! Replace hidden with your specified username.
4. 4 The message "The command completed successfully" is displayed.
5. 5 Excellent! You have just hidden your account.

Method 3 of 3: Displaying the account

1. 1 Open a command prompt window by clicking "Start" - "All Programs" - "Accessories" - "Command Prompt" or simply type CMD in the Start Menu search bar.
2. 2 Right click on the file and select "Run as administrator".
3. 3 Type net user hidden / active: yes and press Enter.
   • Attention! Replace hidden with your specified username.
4. 4 The message "The command completed successfully" is displayed.
5. 5 Log out and check if a new user account with the name you specified is displayed.
6. 6 After completing work in the created account, follow the steps in the "Hide account" section to hide it.

Tips

• The net user hidden / active: yes and net user hidden / active: no commands hide and show any account. Just replace hidden with the name of the account you want to hide or show.
• The described methods also work in Windows Vista!

Warnings

• Make sure you run the commands as administrator, but it is better to log in with administrator rights.
• The account is not completely hidden. It is displayed in the lists obtained by the net user command. But that should be enough for casual users.