Difference between revisions of "Delete Roaming Profiles"

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Delete Roaming Profiles:
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Delete Cached Roaming Profiles:
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This will enable Windows to delete a cached profile of a roaming user when logging off the system.
  
 
<source lang="xml">
 
<source lang="xml">
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       <check type="registry" condition="equals"  
 
       <check type="registry" condition="equals"  
 
       path="HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\DeleteRoamingCache" value="1" />
 
       path="HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\DeleteRoamingCache" value="1" />
         <install cmd='cmd /C regedit.exe /s "%PACKAGES%\registry\deleteroaminprofile.reg"'></install>
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         <install cmd='cmd /C regedit.exe /s "%PACKAGES%\registry\deleteroamingprofile.reg"'></install>
 
</package>
 
</package>
 
</source>
 
</source>
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Where deleteroamingprofile.reg contains:
 
Where deleteroamingprofile.reg contains:
 
<source lang="reg">
 
<source lang="reg">
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
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[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
 
"DeleteRoamingCache"=dword:00000001
 
"DeleteRoamingCache"=dword:00000001
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</source>
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By replacing the install command in the package above to the following, the need of an external registry file is eliminated:
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<source lang="xml">
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<install cmd='reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" /v DeleteRoamingCache /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f' />
 
</source>
 
</source>
  
 
[[Category: Silent Installers]]
 
[[Category: Silent Installers]]
 
[[Category: Changing Windows settings]]
 
[[Category: Changing Windows settings]]

Revision as of 11:59, 23 September 2009

Delete Cached Roaming Profiles:

This will enable Windows to delete a cached profile of a roaming user when logging off the system.

<package id="delroamingprofile" name="Delete Roaming Profile" revision="1" reboot="false" priority="1000" timeout="10">
      <check type="registry" condition="equals" 
       path="HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\DeleteRoamingCache" value="1" />
        <install cmd='cmd /C regedit.exe /s "%PACKAGES%\registry\deleteroamingprofile.reg"'></install>
</package>

Where deleteroamingprofile.reg contains:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"DeleteRoamingCache"=dword:00000001

By replacing the install command in the package above to the following, the need of an external registry file is eliminated:

<install cmd='reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" /v DeleteRoamingCache /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f' />