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Get the active user using explorer.exe
Function Get-akActiveUser
{
<#
.SYNOPSIS
This function gets the activer user on specified computer.
.DESCRIPTION
This function gets the activer user on specified computer as defined by the running explorer process on their system. Potentially may return
more than one user.
.PARAMETER ComputerName
The name of the computer to be used to determine the active user.
.EXAMPLE
Get-ActiveUser
Get the active user(s) for the computer running PowerShell.
.EXAMPLE
Get-Content computers.txt | Get-ActiverUser
Get the active user(s) for each computer on each line in the text file computers.txt
.EXAMPLE
Get-ADComputer -SearchBase "OU=SomeWhere,DC=contonso,DC=com" | Select -ExpandProperty Name | Get-akActiveUser
Gets the active user(s) for each computer under the SomeWhere OU in ActiveDirectory.
#>
[CmdletBinding()]
param
(
[Parameter(Mandatory=$False,
ValueFromPipeline=$True, ValueFromPipelinebyPropertyName=$true)][Alias('Name')]
[string[]]$ComputerName = $env:COMPUTERNAME
)
Begin{}
Process
{
ForEach($Computer in $ComputerName)
{
Write-Verbose "Connecting to WMI on $Computer"
Try
{
$Processes = Get-WmiObject -class win32_process -ComputerName $Computer -filter "ExecutablePath like '%explorer.exe'" -ErrorAction Stop
}
Catch
{
Write-Error -Message "Could not connect to WMI Class Win32_Process on $Computer"
Continue
}
$uid = @($Processes | Foreach-Object {$_.GetOwner().User} | Where-Object {$_ -ne "NETWORK SERVICE" -and $_ -ne "LOCAL SERVICE" -and $_ -ne "SYSTEM"} | Sort-Object -Unique)
If($uid -like "")
{
$props = @{ActiveUser="NA"
ComputerName=$Computer
}
}
else
{
$uid = ($uid | Out-String).TrimEnd()
$props = @{ActiveUser=$uid
ComputerName=$Computer
}
}
New-Object -TypeName Psobject -Property $props
}
}
}
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