Returns the password hint for a specific user
Syntax
HRESULT WINAPI SHUserGetPasswordHint (
PCWSTR pwszUserName,
PWSTR* ppwszHint
)
Parameters
- pwszUserName
- The name of the user whose password hint is to be gotten
- ppwszHint
- A pointer to a string that receives the password hint. The returned string must be freed with CoTaskMemFree.
Return Value
S_OK on success, standard COM error code on failure
Remarks
This function queries the Profile property store for the pwszUserName user with the PKEY_SAM_PasswordHint property key.
This function is also known as _SHUserGetPasswordHint@8.