WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent Method ()

Returns a WindowsIdentity object that represents the current Windows user.

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

public:
static WindowsIdentity^ GetCurrent ()
public static WindowsIdentity GetCurrent ()
public static function GetCurrent () : WindowsIdentity

Return Value

A WindowsIdentity object that represents the current user.

Exception typeCondition

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;


IntPtr accountToken = WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().get_Token();

Windows 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

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

.NET Framework

Supported in: 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

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