Comments on: How to Delete Old User Profile Folders Automatically in Windows Vista

By: smurf

smurf — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:30:29 +0000

so it appears that the group policy itself is updating the ntuserBLAHBLAHBLAHNUMBER.TM.dat file as well as the ntuserBLAHBLAHBLAHNUMBER.TMCONTAINER00000000000001.regtrans-ms with the timestamp for the restart for file deletion. It may be related to this… still no one having these problems except us?

By: smurf

smurf — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:06:30 +0000

I forgot to mention I have run rsop.msc and the policy is making it’s way to the computer. Thanks again.

By: smurf

smurf — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:03:48 +0000

I am trying to use this feature on a domain and am finding it to not be working. If I look at c:\users\ the modified dates are correct on all the profiles folders and are in the past, however when I look at them through ‘System’, ‘Advanced System Settings’, ‘Advanced’ tab, then click the user profile ‘Settings’ button they all show a modified date of the last restart (presumably from the policy). Not sure why the dates display differently. I am guessing this is why they are not deleting though. I have tried testing this on many different machines with different images and the problem appears to be the same. I am trying to run this so any profile not logged on within the last 7 days is deleted. Any recommendation on how to get this working since there is no delprof for Vista? Thank you for your help!