How to: Retrieve the Current Username (C++/CLI)

The following code example demonstrates the retrieval of the current user name (the name of the user logged into Windows). The name is stored in the UserName string, which is defined in the Environment namespace.

Example

// username.cpp
// compile with: /clr
using namespace System;

int main() 
{
   Console::WriteLine("\nCurrent user: {0}", Environment::UserName);
   return 0;
}

See Also

Other Resources

Windows Operations (C++/CLI)

.NET Programming Guide