ps_command=r"dsquery user -disabled" import subprocess import ctypes class disable_file_system_redirection: _disable = ctypes.windll.kernel32.Wow64DisableWow64FsRedirection _revert = ctypes.windll.kernel32.Wow64RevertWow64FsRedirection def __enter__(self): self.old_value = ctypes.c_long() self.success = self._disable(ctypes.byref(self.old_value)) def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback): if self.success: self._revert(self.old_value) with disable_file_system_redirection(): process=subprocess.Popen('powershell "%s"'%ps_command, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE) result=process.communicate() ret=process.returncode if ret==0: if result[0]: print result[0].strip() else: print None else: print '%s\n%s'%(str(ret), str(result[1]))