Getting the Current Logged On User from a different User Session

Question

I'm running a .Net application as a service under a special application user. From this service, i would like to get the User Name running the currently logged in session.

I tried getting the user name that owns the Explorer.exe process, but the restricted user does not have access to this as it throws an exception if i try and get the process handle.

What other options are available?

Regards

Tris

Answer 1

Using System.Environment.UserName will get you what you need, as well as domain if you like etc. A very very useful class.

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EDIT:

Alright then, try this?

System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity user = System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent();

string Name = user.Name;