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Is it possible to scan a range of machines and delete the profiles of

userids that fit specific userid criteria?



Thanks



Carl


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I suggest you use delprof.exe for this.



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"Carl Hilton" <someone@microsoft.com>wrote in message



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I will assume there is a share c$ on the remote computer and that you have

access to it. I'll also assume the profiles are stored in the "documents and

settings" folder on the c drive. You could do something like this:



set objfso = createobject("scripting.filesystemobject")

computername = inputbox("what computer do you want to delete the profiles

on?")

if (insert code here to match what criteria you want to match)

objfso.deletefile("\\" & computername & "\c$\documents and

settings\profiles\xxxxxx")



wscript.echo "done"

end if



replace xxxxx with the particular profile you are wanting to delete and

create your code for the matching criteria and you'd be good to go.



If you give more specifics regarding what criteria you're wanting to match

and what profiles you want deleted, we could probably be more specific.





"Carl Hilton" wrote:

how to make this process generic ... for example, the idea is to either

delete previously created user local profiles on logon or to delete the

current user local profile on logoff.



BTW, that script was very helpfull.



Khaled



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"Ray Costanzo [MVP]" <my first name at lane 34 dot commercial>wrote in

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Delprof is a useful tool, however it is quite limited. You can only specify

to delete all profiles older than a certain age, and/or be prompted for each

one to delete. Too bad there is no option to specify either a specific name

or a wildcard.



/Al





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"Khaled Jaber" <Khaled Jaber@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message

That may, indeed, be all you need. Unfortunately, certain aspects of the

profiles exist in the registry. I would be concerned that, over time,

deleting only the file folder part might leave references in the registry

that could cause problems later on.



/Al





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Now, this script does NOT delete the HKU entries for the user... does

DELPROF?



Carl





"Khaled Jaber" <Khaled Jaber@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message



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"Al Dunbar [MS-MVP]" <alan-no-drub-spam@hotmail.com>wrote in message



Yeah, it'd be nice with some other options, but the tool is meant more for

just deleting than handling that side of things. The criteria that people

use could vary greatly, so I think it's fine to have to handle selecting

which profiles to delete in other ways, i.e. with some vbs code.



Ray at work





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"Carl Hilton" <someone@microsoft.com>wrote in message

Yes.



/Al





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