How to get mac address in the metro style application?

Question

How to get mac address in the metro style application?

I use GetAdaptersInfo to get the mac address,GetAdaptersInfo can not find

in the metro style ,but find in the desktop application.

which way can I get the mac address in the metro style.

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王建平

Answer 1

You cannot do that from a Metro app. That is by design.

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http://blog.voidnish.com

Answer 2

Thanks!But How to get the uniquely identifies for the Metro app?

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王建平

Answer 3

 

亲,

 

For addition, you can check this document.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/br205757.aspx

 

It is a list for WIN32 and COM API can accessed in metro.

 

Best regards,

Jesse

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Jesse Jiang [MSFT]
MSDN Community Support | Feedback to us

Answer 4

亲,metro下可用的东西太少！

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王建平

Answer 5

There seems to be a lot of useful APIs out there.

Networking:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/br205759.aspx



Devices:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/br205754.aspx

SystemInfo:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms724958.aspx

I'm currently trying to write some code to retrieve the MAC address. I see countless people are trying to get this MAC address as it is vital in business applications to identify a user's machine, which seems to be a vital feature for the Metro application business. Although there're sayings about the web that this type of information can never be obtained from Metro, I doubt it a little. Here's a sample from Microsoft for download that successfully gets information like the system model, and system manufecturer:

http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsapps/Device-Enumeration-Sample-a6e45169

While I'm writing this code, I have several other tasks on my hand. So if you see this and think that you can do it too, please start writing it. I'll post mine as soon as I finish, please feel free to post it here if you finish before me.

Thanks.

Answer 6

you can use ASHWID a unique identifier, using this you can make per device logic for apps.

More details on http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/jj553431.aspx

Answer 7

you can use ASHWID a unique identifier, using this you can make per device logic for apps.

More details on http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/jj553431.aspx