Get User Name

The code below allows you to retreive the current logged on user on a PC

Declare Function GetUserNameA Lib "advapi32.dll" (ByVal lpBuffer As String, nSize As Long) As Long

Public Function GetUserName() As String
Dim UserName As String * 255
    GetUserNameA UserName, 255
    GetUserName = Left$(UserName, InStr(UserName, Chr$(0)) - 1)
End Function

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