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Answer 1

+6 A:

string userName = System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name;

Juan Manuel 2009-08-06 17:41:07

Hi Juan, I got this error: Error 2 Only assignment, call, increment, decrement, and new object expressions can be used as a statement

Kombucha 2009-08-06 17:44:11

How is this different than `Environment.UserName`?

280Z28 2009-08-06 17:44:23

@Yonita... `string username =.....`??

280Z28 2009-08-06 17:44:59

Well, you have to assign that value to something. Edited.

Juan Manuel 2009-08-06 17:45:16

@Yonita did you assign the value to something?

ghills 2009-08-06 17:45:20

You are ALL correct, I didn't - It's working now :) thank you sO much smart people in stackoverflow. The Best +1

Kombucha 2009-08-06 17:47:33

Answer 2

+12 A:

Try Environment.UserName

JaredPar 2009-08-06 17:41:15

Or, `string userName = Environment.UserName;`

Donut 2009-08-07 18:02:14

Answer 3

+1 A:

System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name

that be the logon name

John Cuckaroo 2009-08-06 17:42:50

Answer 4

+1 A:

You may also want to try using:

Environment.UserName;

Like this...:

string j = "Your WindowsXP Account Name is: " + Environment.UserName;

Hope this has been helpful.

baeltazor 2009-08-07 17:58:53

how to get current username in .net using c#?