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DeriveAppContainerSidFromAppContainerName function (userenv.h)

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Gets the SID of the specified profile.

Syntax

USERENVAPI HRESULT DeriveAppContainerSidFromAppContainerName(
  [in]  PCWSTR pszAppContainerName,
  [out] PSID   *ppsidAppContainerSid
);

Parameters

[in] pszAppContainerName

The name of the profile.

[out] ppsidAppContainerSid

The SID for the profile. This buffer must be freed using the FreeSid function.

Return value

This function can return one of these values.

Return code Description
S_OK
 The operation completed successfully.
E_INVALIDARG
 The pszAppContainerName parameter, or the ppsidAppContainerSid parameter is either NULL or not valid.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows 8 [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2012 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform Windows
Header userenv.h
Library Userenv.lib
DLL Userenv.dll