How to find logged in user from Windows Registry? - windows-store-apps

am developing a windows store 8.1 app using C# and xaml.
In my app i want to find logged in user name from Windows Registry.
How can i get that from C# code?
Anybody please help me.
Regards,
Santhosh

You can find the user name in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Volatile Environment\USERNAME.
However, I'm pretty sure you won't be able to access this from a Windows Store App.
I'd suggest looking at the UserInformation.GetDomainNameAsync method or other methods in the UserInformation class instead.

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