In this short article I will show how to list all logged on local users with the quser.exe tool. Quser displays information about logged on users on the local computer and on a Remote Desktop Session Host server.
PowerShell Code
Enter the code below to determine all logged on users. Multiple users, if any, will be separated by comma.
$users = quser.exe | Select-Object -Skip 1
$unames = @()
foreach ($u in $users) {
$uname = ($u.trim() -replace '\s+',' ' -replace '>','' -split '\s')[0]
$unames += New-Object psobject -Property ([ordered]@{
'Logged in Users' = [string]$uname
})
}
Write-Output $unames
The code leads to the following output.
Categories: Cyber Security, PowerShell, Windows Server
My name is Patrick Gruenauer. From Austria.
SID-500.COM 
This straight up returns no output. Pointless.
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Yes, completely pointless.
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Yes I’ve been using quser a long time to seek out disconnected sessions and their session numbers so that I can reset them on servers.
Using quser /server: you can find the sessions of users logged on but disconnected then use reset session # /server: to reset those sessions. This is/has been helpful on many occasions. Maybe you can add the above into your ps example. 😊.
Joost van Haaren
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Thank you for this very useful information!
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