$ENV:USERNAME returns the machine name when SCCM runs a script as admin with a non-admin logged in

Question

I have a script that needs to run from Software Center when a non-admin is logged in.

It needs to copy application data to $ENV:USERNAME\AppData\<dir>\* (among other things) and it needs to run as administrator to work properly.

The problem that I've discovered is that when the script is run on a non-admin profile with admin privileges the environment variable $ENV:USERNAME returns the machine name rather than the actual logged in username.

Is there a way around this?

Answer 1

You can either use ([Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).Name or you get the profile path from the registry :

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Volatile Environment\APPDATA
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Volatile Environment\LOCALAPPDATA
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Volatile Environment\USERPROFILE

Choose your weapon :)