Environment::UserName Property
Gets the user name of the person who is currently logged on to the Windows operating system.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
You can use the UserName property to identify the user on the current thread, to the system and application for security or access purposes. It can also be used to customize a particular application for each user.
The domain account credentials for a user are formatted as the user's domain name, the '\' character, and user name. Use the UserDomainName property to obtain the user's domain name and the UserName property to obtain the user name. A user name is typically an abbreviated combination of the user's first and last names.
- EnvironmentPermission
for read access to the USERNAME environment variable. Associated enumeration: EnvironmentPermissionAccess::Read
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
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