how to Get Windows Username in WPF

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I would like to display the Username in my WPF application, where it should get the username from the current user logged in?

so my question how can we get the username of windows logged in user from WPF App ?

Michel Keijzers · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-29 09:30:21Z

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

I also found:

Environment.UserName

or

System.Windows.Forms.SystemInformation.UserName

I cannot try it so check for yourself the result.

Added: Full user name:

Imports System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement

Dim userFullName As String = UserPrincipal.Current.DisplayName

answered Apr 29, 2013 at 7:52

Michel Keijzers

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System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name, This one is working Thank you
– Ujjwal27
Commented Apr 29, 2013 at 8:18
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How can i get the Complete user name instead of Just User ID Example : instead of Displaying Ujjwal27 display "Ujjwal Vaddepati"
– Ujjwal27
Commented Apr 29, 2013 at 9:28
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System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.UserPrincipal.Current.UserPrincipalName is also useful - and necessary for providing the meaningful hint in ADAL.
– Tetsujin no Oni
Commented Jan 10, 2014 at 20:53

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Mehdi Bugnard · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-29 07:53:08Z

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Call WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent() to get the Windows user identity.

You can get the name from this.

answered Apr 29, 2013 at 7:53

Mehdi Bugnard

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