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find which user is logged on

i am trying to make a dialog app that will clean up my hard drive automatically. the question is uxing winxp, the temporary internet files and cookies, are under c:\\documents and settings\'user'. how can i find out the username for that folder of the user presently logged on?

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ch0c

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jkr

If you are looking for the profile path, just use

char* pszUserProfile = getenv ( "USERPROFILE");

which will return "c:\documents and settings\'user'" correctly for all localized versions of Windows (on a german Windows, that would e.g. be "c:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\'user'")

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Kiran Paul VJ

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to kiranvj:
worked like a charm, and i will accept your answer, but i'll add an extra 200 points if you can show me how to get into that folder. (I dont know how to use a varialbe when specifying the path c:\documents and settings\"username")?

jkr

>>but i'll add an extra 200 points if you can show me how to get into that folder

You won't need to - as I wrote: just call

char* pszUserProfile = getenv ( "USERPROFILE");

and you'll get the *full* path anyway. Any reason you have chosen to ignore my comment?

ch0c

Sorry if this sounds a bit offensive, but why wouldn't I get the points, since I answered the question first?
Thanks.

jkr

That's true, also...

Kiran Paul VJ

>>I dont know how to use a varialbe when specifying the path c:\documents and settings\"username")?

plz try some think like this

////////////////////////

CString path;
path.Format("c:\\documents and settings\\%s", username);
AfxMessageBox(path);
///////////////////////

hope this helps
kiranvj

ch0c

I posted the first correct answer to this problem, so I believe that my answer should be accepted.

Of course, I'd be willing to split the points since other people have also given good advice. :)

Kiran Paul VJ

hi..

i think i deserve some points, i would recommend a split of points.

>>ch0c
i know u posted an answer first, but i think the questioner did not understand it, and my post contains the full code. He used my code and he liked it , its clear from his feedback.

kiranvj

ch0c

Ok, you're right. Splitting the points would probably be fairest.

jkr

*plonk*