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When managing Local Groups through PowerShell, we can use the [ADSI] type adapter.
Starting off, We have to connect to the Local Group that we want to modify.

PS > $ComputerName = $env:COMPUTERNAME
PS > $Group = "Administrators"
PS > $LocalGroup = [adsi]"WinNT://$computerName/$Group,group"
PS > $LocalGroup


distinguishedName :
Path              : WinNT://Computer01/Administrators,group

Now that we’re connected to the Local Group, we can start of by adding a user. First let’s add a Local User.

PS > $Domain = "powershell"
PS > $UserName = "nigo"
PS > $LocalGroup.Add("WinNT://$Domain/$userName")

This adds the Domain user powershell\nigo to the local Administrators Group. If we instead want to add a Local User, we just replace the Domain Name with the Local COmputer Name.

PS > $ComputerName = $env:COMPUTERNAME
PS > $LocalGroup.Add("WinNT://$ComputerName/$userName")

And if we want to remove a User from a local Group, we use the Remove() method.

PS > $Domain = "powershell"
PS > $UserName = "nigo"
PS > $LocalGroup.Remove("WinNT://$Domain/$userName")

Here’s a script that automates these tasks.

Click here to download the script.

Here are some examples on running the script.

PS > Set-LocalGroup.ps1 -UserName nigo -Add

PS > Set-LocalGroup.ps1 -UserName nigo -Remove

PS > Set-LocalGroup.ps1 -UserName nigo -Group "Guests" -Domain powershell -Add

PS > Set-LocalGroup.ps1 -help