On XenApp 5 and 6 we generally have a nightly or bi-nightly reboot, then at
startup run this script to get rid of any "hung" profiles (this works on
2008 and 2008 R2, needs a slight mod for 2003)
*@echo off
setlocal
setlocal enableextensions
for /f "skip=1 tokens=4*" %%a in ('dir "%systemdrive%\Users"^|find
"<DIR>"^|find /v ".."') do set profile=%%a %%b& call :REMOVE
set profile=
endlocal
goto :eof
:REMOVE
:: Remove the profile directory completely
rmdir /S /Q "%systemdrive%\Users\%profile%"
goto :eof*
However it is often best to try and identify the root cause of the profile
lock. VMWare Tools, installed with the "Complete" option, can cause this.
Process Explorer and Process Monitor may help identify this.
On 22 March 2011 05:40, Sean Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks for the info. However, we experience the problem on our XenApp5
> servers (Windows 2003). We've tried running delprof as a shutdown script,
> startup script, and both. Ocassionally something just locks a file within
> the user profile so it can't be deleted entirely, which leaves the root
> folder behind. The next time that person logs into the server, a new profile
> directory is created <username.domain>.
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Crawford, Scott <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Delprof fails on windows 7 with antivirus software. AV updates the last
>> accessed attribute on the files so delprof thinks they’ve been used
>> recently. There’s a hotfix available, but the fix is included in SP1.
>>
>>
>>
>> Not sure if that’s relevant to your situation, but it bit us.
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Sean Martin [mailto:[email protected]]
>> *Sent:* Monday, March 21, 2011 6:12 PM
>>
>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>> *Subject:* Re: Large user profiles on server
>>
>>
>>
>> We use a combination of delprof and uphclean in our Citrix environment.
>> However, we still run into issues where profile directories haven't been
>> fully purged.
>>
>>
>>
>> - Sean
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Rankin, James R <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Uphclean is now the user profile service on 2008
>>
>> Typed frustratingly slowly on my BlackBerry® wireless device
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> *From: *Kim Longenbaugh <[email protected]>
>>
>> *Date: *Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:29:05 +0000
>>
>> *To: *NT System Admin Issues<[email protected]>
>>
>> *ReplyTo: *"NT System Admin Issues" <
>> [email protected]>
>>
>> *Subject: *RE: Large user profiles on server
>>
>>
>>
>> Will “uphclean” work for you?
>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=1b286e6d-8912-4e18-b570-42470e2f3582&displaylang=en
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Tom Miller [mailto:[email protected]]
>> *Sent:* Monday, March 21, 2011 10:43 AM
>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>> *Subject:* Large user profiles on server
>>
>>
>>
>> Folks,
>>
>>
>>
>> I use terminal server roaming profiles. We find we need to periodically
>> delete local profiles, since one of our applications leaves temporary files
>> behind and they fill the profile limit after a while.
>>
>>
>>
>> What I am seeing is that either logged in as local administrator or domain
>> admin, the delete option is greyed out on my Windows 2008 servers. This
>> isn't an issue on the 2003 servers. Users are not logged in, so the
>> profiles should not be locked.
>>
>>
>>
>> Suggestions?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Tom
>>
>>
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