Username
This is a discussion about Username in the Windows Software category; I need to be able to instruct a computer novice how to determine their username, i. e. the name replacing Administrator in C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator. What is the simplest way to do this.
I need to be able to instruct a computer novice how to determine their username, i.e. the name replacing
"Administrator" in C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator. What is the simplest way to do this.
"Administrator" in C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator. What is the simplest way to do this.
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Have them load the Command Prompt and run whoami.
open a dos window and type:
echo %username%
This will show you who you are logged in as. It will be the name of the sub directory in Documents and Settings. At last check Win2k Professional doesn't have a whoami command. Cygwin does but that requires you to have Cygwin installed, or at least some other unix shell in Windows.
HTH
/Lee
echo %username%
This will show you who you are logged in as. It will be the name of the sub directory in Documents and Settings. At last check Win2k Professional doesn't have a whoami command. Cygwin does but that requires you to have Cygwin installed, or at least some other unix shell in Windows.
HTH
/Lee
OP
Thanks all for your answers. I've downloaded the whoami.exe
