Get user information in Windows 8?

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I have created a sample in Windows 8 using C# and XAML to get user info of my system which includes Name, Email Id, Photo of my User Login. I am able to get Name and image but I am not able to get Email Id. My system is logged in by my hotmail id. Following is the code: how can I achieve to get email id?

string displayName = await UserInformation.GetDisplayNameAsync();
string Emailid = await UserInformation.GetPrincipalNameAsync();
StorageFile image = UserInformation.GetAccountPicture(AccountPictureKind.LargeImage) as StorageFile;

In Email id I am getting blank. How to fix it?

Make sure to check the privacy settings or your account allow that. Also it looks like the GetPrincipalName only works with a domain users. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-in/library/windows/apps/windows.system.userprofile.userinformation.getprincipalnameasync — seshuk, Jul 18 '13 at 08:34
In my privacy settings i have allowed everything. But still not able to get email id. — Balraj Singh, Jul 18 '13 at 08:45

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 18 '14 at 15:10

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@seshuk had given you the correct answer, from the MSDN documentation

Only domain users have a principal name. Access to the principal name can be blocked by privacy settings (for example, if the UserInformation::NameAccessAllowed property is false). If access is blocked, this method returns an empty string.

This method requires the enterpriseAuthentication capability.

A Hotmail id, by definition, would not be a domain user. Additionally, you'd need a company account to publish such an app, since it requires the enterprise authentication capability.

edited Jun 18 '14 at 15:10

Malachi

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answered Jul 19 '13 at 01:25

Jim O'Neil

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So how will I get the loged in hotmail id for any user?? – Balraj Singh Jul 19 '13 at 04:43

Get user information in Windows 8?

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