And handle.exe Great for finding locked files.
I would try to stick with the v3.42 edition, though, as the later ones have been a little bit more unstable (especially v3.43) *ASB *(Find me online via About.Me <http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage... * On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 4:05 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >>> >>> >>> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
