How to get the username using Environment.username Property

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In my Application I am using the Environment.username property for getting the windows login username. If I execute the Application and checked it gives the username correctly as "Admin". After I publish the Application and checked it give the Username as IN$.The System username is IN\Admin. I need to get only the username as "Admin". How to get the username by using this Environment.Username Property.

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Posted 19-Feb-14 20:43pm

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Reshma Babu · Answer 1 · 2014-02-19T20:52:00

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Try this:

System.Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("Username",EnvironmentVariableTarget.Machine))

or

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

or

Guid guid = (Guid)Membership.GetUser().ProviderUserKey;

Posted 19-Feb-14 20:52pm

Reshma Babu

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Member 7946563 20-Feb-14 4:37am

Its not working