NET Command Does Not Return Errorlevel

ID: Q125857

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.5
Microsoft Windows NT Server version 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.

Additional query words: prodnt error level

Keywords : ntnetserv ntutil
Version : 3.50
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type :