Listing users in ad group recursively with powershell script without CmdLets

Question

I\'m trying to list everyone in a security group in an active directory without using CmdLets in PowerShell. The weird thing with my script is that it works if I list the en

Answer 1

This will get all members of the domain Administrators group, including nested members (requires .NET 3.5).

$Recurse = $true

Add-Type -AssemblyName System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement
$ct = [System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.ContextType]::Domain
$group=[System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.GroupPrincipal]::FindByIdentity($ct,'Administrators')
$group.GetMembers($Recurse)