Shortcut - CTRL+ALT+DEL Change Password

Question

I am looking to be able to direct a user to the Windows CTRL+ALT+DEL Change Password screen as built into Windows but I have not been able to find any lead into making this happen. This is something that I want to use instead of going via a less secure method of creating my own Windows form for this. Is there a command line shortcut, C# or PowerShell string that can load this screen for a user when required?

Notes about this,

I have tried to contact saslib@ms but email have bounced.

The 'net user' command does not help as I need this for domain (AD-DS) user logons.

Many thanks all

Windows 10 Change Password Screen

Answer 1

Update

This can be achieved through the SendSAS function in Sas.dll included in the Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit . This function needs to be invoked in C#.

You could also build a custom form which updates the users password directly in the AD.

using (var context = new PrincipalContext( ContextType.Domain ))
{
  using (var user = UserPrincipal.FindByIdentity( context, IdentityType.SamAccountName, userName ))
  {
      user.SetPassword( "newpassword" );
      // or
      user.ChangePassword( "oldPassword", "newpassword" );
  }
}