public static string GetDistinguishedName(string login)
{
   var dn = "";
   UserProfile up;
   using (var site = new SPSite("http://dev"))
   {
      var serviceContext = SPServiceContext.GetContext(site);
      var upm = new UserProfileManager(serviceContext);
      var exists = upm.UserExists(login);
      if (!exists)
         upm.CreateUserProfile(login);
      if (exists)
      {
         up = upm.GetUserProfile(login);
         dn = up\[PropertyConstants.DistinguishedName\].Value.ToString();
      }
   }
   return dn;
}
```The code is simplified and doesn't contain any error handling. And a better handling of upm.UserExists must be implemented: If upm.CreateUserProfile(login) runs, it doesn't make it so quickly and the next step won't run (upm.GetUserProfile). If you are not working in SP Context, you can see the distinguished name for a user in Powershell:

// Swedish
jQuery.timeago.settings.strings = {
  prefixAgo: "för",
  prefixFromNow: "om",
  suffixAgo: "sedan",
  suffixFromNow: "",
  seconds: "mindre än en minut",
  minute: "ungefär en minut",
  minutes: "%d minuter",
  hour: "ungefär en timme",
  hours: "ungefär %d timmar",
  day: "en dag",
  days: "%d dagar",
  month: "ungefär en månad",
  months: "%d månader",
  year: "ungefär ett år",
  years: "%d år"
};
```The code is hosted on [Github](https://github.com/rmm5t/jquery-timeago). In order the time deltas to be localized in SharePoint a ScriptLink has to be used:

$w = Get-SPWebApplication http://sitename
New-SPSite http://www.contoso.com 
    -OwnerAlias "DOMAIN\\jdoe" -HostHeaderWebApplication $w 
    -Name "Contoso" -Template "STS#0"
```If we want to create, say http://rockets.contoso.com, we can run:

$(document).ready(function() {
	$(".ms-vb-user a").each(function() { 
	   var text = $(this).text(); 
	   var span = document.createElement("span"); 
	   var user = document.createTextNode(text); 
	   span.appendChild(user); 
	   var parent = $(this).parent()\[0\]; 
	   parent.removeChild(this); 
	   parent.appendChild(span); 
	});
});
```EDIT 2012-02-05 A much more better way to do it is [to use replaceWith in jQuery](http://stackoverflow.com/a/2409163/632117 "See a similar question and an answer on StackOverflow"):

Scope="Recursive"
```Though there is a problem when you provision this list instance. Thanks to [a great post of Koen van der Linden about how to show files recursively](http://kvdlinden.blogspot.com/2010/04/schemaxml-onetxml-and-baseview-doesnt.html) it is no big deal to solve it. Just add the same scope to View element in the module in onet, which provisions your site:

#mp1\_0\_0\_Anchor { display: none; }
```If you want to hide my profile instead, just hide #mp1\_0\_1\_Anchor:

##### Disable the my profile feature An even better solution is maybe to disable the ability to change the profiles. [Just remove the permission to "user personalization..." for All authenticated users in User Profile Service](http://blog.libinuko.com/2010/10/10/sharepoint-2010-howto-disable-my-site-and-my-profile-link/).

## Comments from Wordpress.com


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[John]( "johnandrewdavies@hotmail.com") - <time datetime="2012-03-07 00:15:32">Mar 3, 2012</time>

Be careful this cannot be used, the classes for pop up menus are generated dynamically on the page, and that class can be applied to a number of menus I assume depending on the order which they load on the page, which isnt the same every time, so for instance this hides something in the site actions menu, or the new button on a library sometimes.
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[Brett Anderson](http://sharepoint2020.wordpress.com "brettando@live.com.au") - <time datetime="2012-05-02 06:13:05">May 3, 2012</time>

Hi, The amended solution does not work in IE7.
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[Fredrik]( "fredrik.eriksson234@gmail.com") - <time datetime="2012-03-09 15:27:24">Mar 5, 2012</time>

Thank you Anatoly, that worked perfectly in all browsers! I had problems with the first suggested solution, because it would hide other menu items, like "edit this page" from the site settings dropdown!
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[Anatoly Mironov]( "mirontoli@gmail.com") - <time datetime="2012-03-07 09:10:36">Mar 3, 2012</time>

You are totally right, John! I realized that too. Fortunately, I didn't need that then. But while using that I saw that sometimes Site Actions -Edit Page disappeared. These IDs are really generated dynamically. Thanks for your comment. I'll update my post.
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[vishal]( "vishals.shivan@gmail.com") - <time datetime="2012-03-07 07:27:54">Mar 3, 2012</time>

Hi Anatoly. Thanks for the solution. but the problem we are facing one problem after implementing this. Once we make this change and when login to the portal next time, the "Edit Page" link under site action menu is not getting displayed and the My Site Link is getting displyed. any suggestion?
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[Material SharePoint &raquo; Hide &lsquo;My Site&rsquo; Link from Welcome User Dropdown Control](http://sharepoint.jsturges.com/2012/05/hide-my-site-link-from-welcome-user-dropdown-control/ "") - <time datetime="2012-05-12 17:45:13">May 6, 2012</time>

\[...\] of my enterprise level clients that we usually hide it all together! To do this, you can use an awesome CSS trick I learned from Anatoly \[...\]
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[Anatoly Mironov]( "mirontoli@gmail.com") - <time datetime="2012-03-07 09:24:39">Mar 3, 2012</time>

Hi Vishal. Unfortunately we cannot rely on these IDs, as John in previous comment mentioned, because these IDs are generated dynamically. I'll update my post. One possible solution would be use attribute selectors... Something like .ms-MenuUIUL li\[text='My Site'\] { display: none;}
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[jim]( "jim.omara@gmail.com") - <time datetime="2014-02-12 17:38:05">Feb 3, 2014</time>

.ms-welcomeMenu #mp1\_0\_0{ display:none; } .ms-welcomeMenu #mp1\_0\_1{ display:none; } .ms-welcomeMenu #mp1\_0\_2{ display:none; } .ms-welcomeMenu #mp1\_0\_3{ display:none; } .ms-welcomeMenu #mp1\_0\_4{ display:none; } .ms-welcomeMenu #mp1\_0\_8{ display:none; } .ms-welcomeMenu #mp1\_0\_9{ display:none; } these work for me.
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[Anatoly Mironov](http://chuvash.eu "mirontoli@gmail.com") - <time datetime="2014-02-12 23:20:59">Feb 3, 2014</time>

Thank you for sharing your solution. Appreciate.
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