How do I delete User's Profile Folders

[North Coast Sea Foods]

I have removed several User Accounts on my Windows 2003 Server AD.

Now I need to delete the User's Profile Folders. Each time I try it tells me
I do not have access?

How, as Administrator, do I delete these folders?

thx

 

[Kerry Brown]

Re: How do I delete User's Profile Folders

Take ownership, give yourself full control, delete the folders.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc780020.aspx

--
Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
http://vistahelpca.blogspot.com/




"North Coast Sea Foods" <jleonard@northcoastseafoods.com> wrote in message
news:%234k1z%233BJHA.4816@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>I have removed several User Accounts on my Windows 2003 Server AD.
>
> Now I need to delete the User's Profile Folders. Each time I try it tells
> me I do not have access?
>
> How, as Administrator, do I delete these folders?
>
> thx
>

 

[Monitor]

Re: How do I delete User's Profile Folders


"North Coast Sea Foods" <jleonard@northcoastseafoods.com> wrote in message
news:#4k1z#3BJHA.4816@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> I have removed several User Accounts on my Windows 2003 Server AD.
>
> Now I need to delete the User's Profile Folders. Each time I try it tells
me
> I do not have access?
>
> How, as Administrator, do I delete these folders?
>
> thx

As an Administrator I would attend a couple of introductory training courses
to learn about permissions and ownership so that I could become effective at
my job.

 

[Phillip Windell]

Re: How do I delete User's Profile Folders

"North Coast Sea Foods" <jleonard@northcoastseafoods.com> wrote in message
news:%234k1z%233BJHA.4816@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>I have removed several User Accounts on my Windows 2003 Server AD.
>
> Now I need to delete the User's Profile Folders. Each time I try it tells
> me I do not have access?
>
> How, as Administrator, do I delete these folders?

You just delete them. Sometimes you have to reboot the machine first
because one or more of the system files in their profile stays in memory if
that user has been logged on earlier. I have never had to mess with any
permissions to delete a user profile while logged in as an Administrator.

--
Phillip Windell
www.wandtv.com

The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
-----------------------------------------------------

 

[North Coast Sea Foods]

Re: How do I delete User's Profile Folders

thanks to all

My problem was not being the Administrator - it went further than that.

I did have files running in the background and ended up deleting the
individually.

Philip - your were correct !- thanks

"Phillip Windell" <philwindell@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:eYF96R5BJHA.4816@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> "North Coast Sea Foods" <jleonard@northcoastseafoods.com> wrote in message
> news:%234k1z%233BJHA.4816@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>I have removed several User Accounts on my Windows 2003 Server AD.
>>
>> Now I need to delete the User's Profile Folders. Each time I try it tells
>> me I do not have access?
>>
>> How, as Administrator, do I delete these folders?
>
> You just delete them. Sometimes you have to reboot the machine first
> because one or more of the system files in their profile stays in memory
> if that user has been logged on earlier. I have never had to mess with
> any permissions to delete a user profile while logged in as an
> Administrator.
>
> --
> Phillip Windell
> www.wandtv.com
>
> The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or
> Microsoft,
> or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
>

 

[Princekhan]

Re: How do I delete User's Profile Folders



"North Coast Sea Foods" wrote:

> thanks to all
>
> My problem was not being the Administrator - it went further than that.
>
> I did have files running in the background and ended up deleting the
> individually.
>
> Philip - your were correct !- thanks
>
> "Phillip Windell" <philwindell@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:eYF96R5BJHA.4816@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> > "North Coast Sea Foods" <jleonard@northcoastseafoods.com> wrote in message
> > news:%234k1z%233BJHA.4816@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> >>I have removed several User Accounts on my Windows 2003 Server AD.
> >>
> >> Now I need to delete the User's Profile Folders. Each time I try it tells
> >> me I do not have access?
> >>
> >> How, as Administrator, do I delete these folders?
> >
> > You just delete them. Sometimes you have to reboot the machine first
> > because one or more of the system files in their profile stays in memory
> > if that user has been logged on earlier. I have never had to mess with
> > any permissions to delete a user profile while logged in as an
> > Administrator.
> >
> > --
> > Phillip Windell
> > www.wandtv.com
> >
> > The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or
> > Microsoft,
> > or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
> > -----------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
>
>
> Simply go to safe mode and try to delete the files running in the background hopefully it will work.