// BackupUserAccountListToJson.cs // // Snapshots Local User Accounts (Win32_UserAccount) to a timestamped JSON file. // // Requires the System.Management package: // dotnet new console -o BackupUserAccount // dotnet add package System.Management // (replace the generated Program.cs with this file, then dotnet run) using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.IO; using System.Management; using System.Text.Json; var searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT Name, FullName, Disabled, Lockout, LocalAccount FROM Win32_UserAccount"); var results = new List>(); foreach (ManagementObject item in searcher.Get()) { var row = new Dictionary(); row["Name"] = item["Name"]; row["FullName"] = item["FullName"]; row["Disabled"] = item["Disabled"]; row["Lockout"] = item["Lockout"]; row["LocalAccount"] = item["LocalAccount"]; results.Add(row); } string timestamp = DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMdd-HHmmss"); string outPath = $"useraccount-snapshot_{timestamp}.json"; File.WriteAllText(outPath, JsonSerializer.Serialize(results, new JsonSerializerOptions { WriteIndented = true })); Console.WriteLine($"Snapshot of Local User Accounts ({results.Count} items) saved to {outPath}");