how to Get Windows Username in WPF

Question

I would like to display the Username in my WPF application, where it should get the username from the current user logged in? so my question how can we get the username of windows logged in user from WPF App ?

Accepted Answer

```
System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name
```

I also found:

```
Environment.UserName
```

or

```
System.Windows.Forms.SystemInformation.UserName
```

I cannot try it so check for yourself the result.

Added: Full user name:

```
Imports System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement

Dim userFullName As String = UserPrincipal.Current.DisplayName
```

how to Get Windows Username in WPF

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