Get Windows User Display Name

Question

How do I get the display name of the user that is logged in? Not the username, but the display name, such as is shown in the screenshot below - and as seen on the start menu in any Windows Vista/7 computer.

I tried a bunch of different suggestions from other questions, but they all show the username, not the display name. You can see the results of these attempts in the above screenshot.

Imports System.Security.Principal Imports System.Threading Imports System.IO Imports System  Public Class Form1      Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load         MsgBox("1: " & System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name.ToString & vbCrLf & _                "2: " & Environment.UserDomainName & vbCrLf & _                "3: " & WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name & vbCrLf & _                 "4: " & Thread.CurrentPrincipal.Identity.Name & vbCrLf & _                "5: " & Environment.UserName & vbCrLf & _                "6: " & My.User.Name & vbCrLf &                 "7: " & My.Computer.Name)      End Sub  End Class 

Answer 1

You should use UserPrincipal.DisplayName:

System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.UserPrincipal.Current.DisplayName 

To do so, you'll need to and add a reference to System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.dll from your project.