How to get all user account info in C# (windows VISTA/7).

Question

Hey guys,

is there a way to get the information (username, home directory, user group, ...) from every user account on a windows machine (VISTA / 7). I'm running the program as an Administrator so rights shouldn't be a problem.

Ofcourse the passwords aren't needed.

Thanks in advance!!!

Answer 1

Some info of the user:

            MessageBox.Show(Environment.UserDomainName.ToString());
            MessageBox.Show(Environment.UserName.ToString());

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Answer 2

Try this (add a reference to System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement):

            PrincipalContext ctx = new PrincipalContext(ContextType.Machine,Environment.MachineName);
            UserPrincipal user = new UserPrincipal(ctx);
            user.Name = "*";
            PrincipalSearcher ps = new PrincipalSearcher();
            ps.QueryFilter = user;
            PrincipalSearchResult<Principal> result = ps.FindAll();
            foreach (Principal p in result)
            {
                using (UserPrincipal up = (UserPrincipal)p)
                {
                    MessageBox.Show(up.Name);
                }
            }

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Answer 3

Try this (add a reference to e436f System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement):

      PrincipalContext ctx = new PrincipalContext(ContextType.Machine,Environment.MachineName);      UserPrincipal user = new UserPrincipal(ctx);      user.Name = "*";      PrincipalSearcher ps = new PrincipalSearcher();      ps.QueryFilter = user;      PrincipalSearchResult<Principal> result = ps.FindAll();      foreach (Principal p in result)      {        using (UserPrincipal up = (UserPrincipal)p)        {          MessageBox.Show(up.Name);        }      }

 

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Great! I solved the problem with your workaround. Thanks.

Answer 4

For local machine you might want to use

SecurityIdentifier

as in http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6318611/how-to-get-all-user-account-names-in-xp-vist-7-for-32-or-64-bit-and-any-os 

for Active Directory you might want to see

https://chanmingman.wordpress.com/2012/03/12/how-to-loop-through-all-properties-in-active-directory-search-result/

chanmm

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