[Solved] Get REAL logged-in user name

[BarryG]

Consider this code when running from a standard non-admin logged-in account called "User":

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Debug UserName() ; Shows "User"

But if I enable admin rights and run it from the "User" account, it shows "Admin" instead. My app needs to work with the user's profile that is actually logged in to Windows. So how can I make it truly show which user is logged in at the time, regardless of the exe's elevation?

[normeus]

Would this work:

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Debug GetEnvironmentVariable("USERNAME")

It shows my username but that might be because I am an admin of my computer.

Norm.

[BarryG]

That doesn't help unfortunately. It also shows the admin name if you run it as admin when logged in as a standard account.

[Quin]

How's this? It works for me, but I'm also logged in as an admin user.

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Define Res$ = Space(#UNLEN - 1)
Define L = #UNLEN
GetUserName_(Res$, @L)
Debug Res$

[EDIT]: Fixed null terminator

[normeus]

How about something like this :

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Define Folder_ID,SFolderLoc.s
 If SHGetSpecialFolderLocation_(0, $28, @Folder_ID) = 0 ;CSIDL_PROFILE =$28
    SFolderLoc.s = Space(#MAX_PATH*2)
    SHGetPathFromIDList_(Folder_ID, @SFolderLoc)
    CoTaskMemFree_(Folder_ID)
  EndIf
  Debug sFolderLoc
  Debug StringField(sFolderLoc, 3,"\")

Norm

[fryquez]

https://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewto ... 88#p386088

[BarryG]

Quin and Normeus: Thanks for replying, but those snippets don't work either.

https://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewto ... 88#p386088

BINGO! This one correctly shows the current logged-in standard user name despite my exe running as admin. Thanks, Fryquez!

[RichAlgeni]

I just stumbled into this situation too!!! Very frustrating!!! This saved me a lot of time!