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WindowsIdentity::GetCurrent Method

Returns a WindowsIdentity object that represents the current Windows user.

Namespace:  System.Security.Principal
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

[SecurityPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction::Demand, Flags = SecurityPermissionFlag::ControlPrincipal)]
public:
static WindowsIdentity^ GetCurrent()

Return Value

Type: System.Security.Principal::WindowsIdentity
An object that represents the current user.

ExceptionCondition
SecurityException

The caller does not have the correct permissions.

The following code shows the use of the GetCurrent method to return a WindowsIdentity object that represents the current Windows user. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the WindowsIdentity class.


IntPtr accountToken = WindowsIdentity::GetCurrent()->Token;



.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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