NET Command Does Not Return Errorlevel

 Last reviewed: September 9, 1996
Article ID: Q125857
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5

SYMPTOMS

The NET.EXE command fails to return an errorlevel. For example, when you run a batch file containing the following commands 

   net group group1 user1 /add
   if errorlevel 1 echo add failed
"add failed" does not get echoed, even when user1 is not successfully added to group1.

CAUSE

There is a problem in the Windows NT 3.5 version of the NET.EXE command. This problem does not exist in Windows NT 3.1.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.5. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

KBCategory: kbnetwork kbbug3.50
KBSubcategory: ntnetserv ntutil
Additional reference words: 3.50 prodnt error level

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Last reviewed: September 9, 1996
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