Macro Reference — Tutorial — Get the Name of a Computer User (Tutorial)

# Get the Name of a Computer User (Tutorial)

To get the name of a computer user, use the UserName Property of WshNetwork Object.

The following example demonstrates how to get the name of a current computer user:

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### [JavaScript (JScript)]

    WshNetwork = new ActiveXObject( "WScript.Network" );
    alert( "User Name = " + WshNetwork.UserName );

### [VBScript]

    Set WshNetwork = CreateObject( "WScript.Network" )
    alert "User Name = " & WshNetwork.UserName

## References

Microsoft MSDN Library: UserName Property

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