$env:username returns old username

Question

I've changed my username in Windows 10, and now I need to automate getting this changed username as a Powershell script But everything I try returns my old username apart from some AD-related query.

Example:

    $env:UserName

    whoami

    $(Get-WMIObject -class Win32_ComputerSystem | select username).username

Return my old username while my user was actually renamed.

Because of this I can't relatively get correct username to use in PS scripts.

Only thing that was able to extract it was this:

    ([adsi]"WinNT://$env:userdomain/$env:username,user").fullname

But on other machine it just returns empty result

user_5904821 · Answer

If you're trying to get the username used for signon, it should be ([adsi]"WinNT://$env:userdomain/$env:username,user").Name not .fullname.

EDIT: Environmental variables are not updated unless the application (Powershell in this case) is restarted. There are workarounds.

$env:username returns old username

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