Return Local Username

[cyclonebri]

Hey everybody,

Just wondering how one would go about returning the username of the local profile being used as the application is running.

I know the system command -- %username% -- will return what I'm looking for in a command window or certain scripts, and was wondering if I could do this in an application. I am trying to get this information so I can write an xml settings file to the local user profile (the users have no rights on their machines and can only write to certain locations).

I want to open a file as follows:

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System.IO.StreamWriter myWriter = new System.IO.StreamWriter("C:\\Documents and Settings\\'%username'\\ ...");
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Thanks in advance,
Brian

 

[cyclonebri]

I have found the solution, in case anyone cares it is simply this:

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MessageBox.Show(System.Environment.UserName);
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Obviously, one can leave off the MessageBox.Show, that was just to see it for testing purposes.

Thanks,
Brian