Possible to have a batch file that....

Snow-Munki · 24 Sep 2007 at 14:18

Hi,

On our terminal servers we set a GP so when users log out it deleted the roaming profile. However some don't go for whatever reason.

Is it possible to write a batch file that maybe every night deletes all the stale profiles in C:\doc and settings.

Will have to leave the default ones there though. Can you do exclusions ?

gumbald · 24 Sep 2007 at 16:59

Hang on, I've got one. It's at work though, I'll try and get it asap

Snow-Munki · 24 Sep 2007 at 17:14

thanks, and no worries no real rush

Ole Ftang · 24 Sep 2007 at 17:20

The usual cause of a profile not deleting is open registry keys in the profile which don't close before the timeout.

UPHClean is a great utility which runs as a service and unloads the users profile hive on logoff to allow the GP to sucessfully delete them.

Download is free too.

There's also a registry key on the server called deleteroamingcache (a search should find it) which you can set to 1 to enable. It does what it says on the tin.

Butters · 24 Sep 2007 at 17:47

All you need is UPHclean. Will sort that little mess out a right treat!

MarcLister · 24 Sep 2007 at 18:08

This? http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...6D-8912-4E18-B570-42470E2F3582&displaylang=en

gumbald · 24 Sep 2007 at 18:53

We have it deleting profiles on shutdown, never had any trouble with folders not deleting. Can still put the script up here tomorrow if you want

rich_g85 · 24 Sep 2007 at 19:02

There's an MS utility called delprof which has a command-line switch to specify 'delete profiles older than x days'

Try this: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...95-6063-4462-8150-360394e98e1e&DisplayLang=en

gumbald · 24 Sep 2007 at 19:31

We found delprof to be very, very slow...

IAmATeaf · 24 Sep 2007 at 21:37

We use UPHClean at work to resolve this exact problem

Butters · 25 Sep 2007 at 00:03

MarcLister said:
This? http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...6D-8912-4E18-B570-42470E2F3582&displaylang=en

Yes, awesome little tool

Snow-Munki · 26 Sep 2007 at 15:19

gumbald said:
We have it deleting profiles on shutdown, never had any trouble with folders not deleting. Can still put the script up here tomorrow if you want

Any chance to take a look at the script please ?

gumbald · 26 Sep 2007 at 17:21

This runs on shutdown, so normally once a day.

Code:

ON ERROR RESUME NEXT

ProfPath = "C:\Documents and Settings\"

Dim fso
Dim aFolder
Dim aSubFolder

Set fso = createobject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

Set wshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
strUser = wshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%USERNAME%")

Set aFolder = fso.GetFolder(ProfPath)
Set bSubFolder = aFolder.Subfolders

For Each aSubFolder in bSubFolder
  Select Case lcase(aSubFolder.Name)
    Case "administrator", "all users", "default user", "localservice", "networkservice"
      'Ignore
    Case strUser
      'Ignore
    Case Else
      fso.DeleteFolder(ProfPath & aSubFolder.Name),True
  End Select
Next

Snow-Munki · 26 Sep 2007 at 21:28

gumbald said:

This runs on shutdown, so normally once a day.

Code:

ON ERROR RESUME NEXT

ProfPath = "C:\Documents and Settings\"

Dim fso
Dim aFolder
Dim aSubFolder

Set fso = createobject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

Set wshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
strUser = wshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%USERNAME%")

Set aFolder = fso.GetFolder(ProfPath)
Set bSubFolder = aFolder.Subfolders

For Each aSubFolder in bSubFolder
  Select Case lcase(aSubFolder.Name)
    Case "administrator", "all users", "default user", "localservice", "networkservice"
      'Ignore
    Case strUser
      'Ignore
    Case Else
      fso.DeleteFolder(ProfPath & aSubFolder.Name),True
  End Select
Next

as a batch file, how does that work ?? if a script umm how does that work ?

gumbald · 26 Sep 2007 at 21:39

Sorry, that's a .vbs script.

Much more powerful than .bat, and can be run from a policy the same.