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Script to delete files from user profile

Hello,

Network:

Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows 7 Pro x64
Roaming Profiles

Problem:

I've got a user profile that contains files which have a path and filename that are to long to be handled by the operating system. So I can't delete the files. I've got GPO's running that should clean up these files during logoff. Logging off takes very long time, and then i get an error message that the profile could not sync properly. That's because the policy is unable to delete the files.0

Can I delete the files in question somehow? With a powershell script maybe?

Sam Simon Nasser

can you explain this:
have a path and filename that are to long to be handled by the operating system

so the user desktop for example is set to c:\users\userX\desktop and not X:\Server\UserX\Desktop

SvenIA

ASKER

Sure i can;

That folder contains files which have names that are to long. They cannot be deleted.

The policy that is configured to delete these temp files on logoff, cannot delete these files either. That's why profile sync times out when logging off.

The profile is way to large. So I want to cleanup.

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Sam Simon Nasser

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