Windows 7 adding user to group "Użytkownicy pulpitu zdalnego" by batch script

Question

When running bat to add user to remote desktop users group from batch script

net localgroup "Użytkownicy pulpitu zdalnego" %user% /add

got error cause on output got "U┐ytkownicy pulpitu zdalnego" as group name (diffrent encoding?) and that give error that group don't exist.

Please advise

A general help might be to use simpler group names with full name in the description? — JamesRyan, Aug 05 '15 at 14:22
Try to save the batch file with notepad++ as UTF-8 without BOM. — UsersUser, Aug 05 '15 at 14:23
@ JamesRyan - yes, but it's default name for rpd users in polish localization of win 7 :( — Bart, Aug 05 '15 at 15:09
@ UserUser, try it, same thing :( error 1376 local group does not exist — Bart, Aug 05 '15 at 15:30

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 11 '15 at 10:31

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Solved

Save batch file as UTF-8 and change cmd codepage to UTF-8 with

chcp 65001

answered Aug 11 '15 at 10:31

Bart

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 05 '15 at 14:04

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net.exe does not support names longer than 20 characters. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324639

answered Aug 05 '15 at 14:04

duenni

ok, so why it's work from comand line? btw that link you provide is valid for : Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition (32-bit x86) Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition (32-Bit x86) Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86) Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86) Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Microsoft Windows XP Professional Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition not windows 7 – Bart Aug 05 '15 at 14:20
You did not specify what Windows version you are using. Does it work with a simpler group name? – duenni Aug 06 '15 at 05:59

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