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Get current Outlook user

Retrieve the user currently logged on in the existing Microsoft Outlook session.

Assumes
Open a new VB project. Add a button to the form. Add a reference to "Microsoft Outlook ...". Paste the code into the form. Run the project.

Returns
Returns the Name property of the recipient object.

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Private Sub cmdUser_Click()
'get the user from the current Outlook session
Dim ol As Outlook.Application
Dim ns As NameSpace
Dim oRec As Recipient
Set ol = New Outlook.Application
Set ns = ol.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Call ns.Logon(, , , False)
Set oRec = ns.CurrentUser
MsgBox oRec.Name
End Sub