Getting logged in user not the user running the program C#, Windows

Question

How to get the current logged in user?

I already tried

Environment.CurrentUser

and

WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().

Both of them return the user that is running the programm.

Thanks for your help.

Kind Regards, Sandro

We need to know more about your setup, how is the user logged in? — André Snede, Apr 17 '15 at 10:48
Duplicate: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11951745/how-to-get-currently-logged-on-user-name-and-account-typeadmin-nonadmin-when-t — greenhoorn, Apr 17 '15 at 10:53

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

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Add the directive System.Management.

ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT UserName FROM Win32_ComputerSystem");
ManagementObjectCollection collection = searcher.Get();
string username = (string)collection.Cast<ManagementBaseObject>().First()["UserName"];

Alternatively check out this accepted answer.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

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