[THIN] RemProf with Exclude option
- From: "Jim Kenzig http://thin.ms" <jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: THIN <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:09:48 -0400
FYI
Jim Kenzig
Blog: http://www.techblink.com
Hi All
A few weeks back while trolling the lists and forums, I saw a question from
a member regarding a tool for deleting all profiles with exclusions. The
question was from the thin lists as detailed below:
Hi
We are removing roaming profiles from our organisation as we don't really
need them anymore. We will use local profiles only on Windows 2003
systems. I want to setup a scheduled task on each server that deletes all
local profiles except Administrator, All Users and Default User. AD Group
Policy only has a setting to delete cached roaming profiles, not local
profiles.
I know there are utilities such as delprof and remprof but I dont believe
there is an easy way to say delete all except Administrator etc. Has anyone
achieved this or know of an easy way to do this?
Thanks
Angela
Well the good news is that I thought I'd modify REMPROF to include an
EXCLUDE: option to allow an administrator to delete profiles based on age
excluding specific accounts. Download it from
http://www.ctrl-alt-del.com.au/CAD_TSUtils.htm
Usage:
REMPROF [/LIST|username|/A|/D:days|/AD:days] [/EXCLUDE:usernames] [/?]
/LIST - List all user profiles currently not in use (Default).
username - Delete user profile based on username.
/A - Delete all user profiles that have no username association
i.e. The username has been deleted in Active Directory but
a profile still exists in form of a SID.
/D:days - Delete all user profiles equal to or older than the number of
days specified. NB: /D: without a number is equal to /D:0.
/D:0 will remove CURRENT user profiles not in use.
/AD:days - Delete all user profiles that have no username association
and are equal to or older than the number of days specified.
NB: /AD: without a number is equal to /AD:0.
/EXCLUDE:username/s - Exclude particular users from being deleted.
Can accept multiple entries, seperated by comma.
Must be last command line argument.
Unassociated profiles cannot be excluded.
Do not include the Domain Name.
/? - show this help file
REMPROF without parameters will execute the /LIST switch by default.
E.G. REMPROF /D:10 /EXCLUDE:bob,mary
This command will delete any profile equal or older than 10 days, excluding
any profile whose username is bob or mary.
I hope this is useful.
Kind Regards
Warren Simondson
Ctrl-Alt-Del IT Consultancy Pty Ltd
Website: http://www.ctrl-alt-del.com.au
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