automate User profile deletion - Windows 7

[LeightonJames]

Ok.......

 

I am trying to automate the removal of user profiles on Windows 7 and we have found that DelProf2 is coming up short for us.

 

I have identified a way that we can do it through modifying the Registry at the following location:

 

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList\

 

I have managed to identify which SID's need deleting based on the first 41 characters of the SID.

 

e.g: S-1-5-21-1538596919-2946942214-34271393-

 

What I'm looking to do is automate the polling of the registry and then remove the keys that match the above partial SID and then delete the corresponding folder within C:\Users (the folder path is referenced in the key as "ProfileImagePath")

 

Has anyone got any suggestions?

[SYNACK]

Powershell is going to be the best tool for this, it can mess with the registry like it is part of the file system.

[LeightonJames]

I've never used Powershell but I had a feeling it might be the winner in this situation.

[SYNACK]

I used something similar to kill a bad install of flash player (like they are not all bad) but it proved to be a much better tool for killing the keys than anything else.

[FN-GM]

That batch file will do it

 

@ECHO OFF

:: --------------------------------------
::
:: Windows 7 User Profile Cleaning Script
:: Version 3.1
::
:: Written by Mike Stone
:: [email protected]
:: http://mstoneblog.wordpress.com
::
:: --------------------------------------
::
:: Welcome!  This script is designed to automate the process of flushing
:: user profiles within Windows 7, while at the same time preserving
:: profiles of your choosing, including domain users.
::
:: This script is written as an example of wanting all domain users wiped
:: except for the one called "pctest".
::
:: Portions of the script that will require manual edits will be preceded
:: by instructions with these "double colon" comment marks.
::
:: Please let me know how well (or not well) this works for you or any
:: features you can think of that could be added.
::
:: --------------------------------------

title Windows 7 User Profile Cleaning

:: ----------
:: Add any users you wish to exclude from the wipe to the "userpreserve"
:: line below and separate them by commas.  Be careful - these are
:: case-sensitive.
:: ----------

:USERPRESERVE
set userpreserve="Administrator,All Users,UpdatusUser,Default,Default User,Public,pctest"

FOR /f "tokens=*" %%a IN ('reg query "hklm\software\microsoft\windows nt\currentversion\profilelist"^|find /i "s-1-5-21"') DO CALL :REGCHECK "%%a"
GOTO VERIFY

:REGCHECK
set SPACECHECK=
FOR /f "tokens=3,4" %%b in ('reg query %1 /v ProfileImagePath') DO SET USERREGPATH=%%b %%c
FOR /f "tokens=2" %%d in ('echo %USERREGPATH%') DO SET SPACECHECK=%%d
IF ["%SPACECHECK%"]==[""] GOTO REGCHECK2
GOTO USERCHECK

:REGCHECK2
FOR /f "tokens=3" %%g in ('reg query %1 /v ProfileImagePath') DO SET USERREGPATH=%%g
GOTO USERCHECK

:USERCHECK
FOR /f "tokens=3 delims=\" %%e in ('echo %USERREGPATH%') DO SET USERREG=%%e
FOR /f "tokens=1 delims=." %%f IN ('echo %USERREG%') DO SET USERREGPARSE=%%f
ECHO %USERPRESERVE%|find /I "%USERREGPARSE%" > NUL
IF ERRORLEVEL=1 GOTO CLEAN
IF ERRORLEVEL=0 GOTO SKIP

:SKIP
ECHO Skipping user clean for %USERREG%
GOTO :EOF

:CLEAN
ECHO Cleaning user profile for %USERREG%
rmdir "C:\Users\%USERREG%" /s /q > NUL
ECHO Cleaning user registry for %USERREG%
reg delete %1 /f
IF EXIST "C:\Users\%USERREG%" GOTO RETRYCLEAN1
GOTO :EOF

:RETRYCLEAN1
ECHO Retrying clean of user profile %USERREG%
rmdir "C:\Users\%USERREG%" /s /q > NUL
IF EXIST "C:\Users\%USERREG%" GOTO RETRYCLEAN2
GOTO :EOF

:RETRYCLEAN2
ECHO Retrying clean of user profile %USERREG%
rmdir "C:\Users\%USERREG%" /s /q > NUL
GOTO :EOF

:VERIFY
FOR /f "tokens=*" %%g IN ('reg query "hklm\software\microsoft\windows nt\currentversion\profilelist"^|find /i "s-1-5-21"') DO CALL :REGCHECKV "%%g"
GOTO REPORT

:REGCHECKV
set SPACECHECKV=
FOR /f "tokens=3,4" %%h in ('reg query %1 /v ProfileImagePath') DO SET USERREGPATHV=%%h %%i
FOR /f "tokens=2" %%j in ('echo %USERREGPATHV%') DO SET SPACECHECKV=%%j
IF ["%SPACECHECKV%"]==[""] GOTO REGCHECKV2
GOTO USERCHECKV

:REGCHECKV2
FOR /f "tokens=3" %%k in ('reg query %1 /v ProfileImagePath') DO SET USERREGPATHV=%%k
GOTO USERCHECKV

:USERCHECKV
FOR /f "tokens=3 delims=\" %%l in ('echo %USERREGPATHV%') DO SET USERREGV=%%l
FOR /f "tokens=1 delims=." %%m IN ('echo %USERREGV%') DO SET USERREGPARSEV=%%m
ECHO %USERPRESERVE%|find /I "%USERREGPARSEV%" > NUL
IF ERRORLEVEL=1 GOTO VERIFYERROR
IF ERRORLEVEL=0 GOTO :EOF

:VERIFYERROR
SET USERERROR=YES
GOTO :EOF

:REPORT
IF [%USERERROR%]==[YES] (
	set RESULT=FAILURE
)		ELSE (
	set RESULT=SUCCESS
)

:EXIT
exit

:EOF