Re: How to check whether ex is running under local system account?

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Hello AJAy,

ajay.sonawane@xxxxxxxxx wrote: 
Hello All
How can I check that whether my exe is running under local system
account ?
I need to check it programmatically. Can anyone shed some light on it?

-AJay



Do a GetUserName from your code while it does not impersonate someone (so maybe you do that right at the beginning of your program) and if it returns "SYSTEM", it is running under LocalSystem.

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