Delete windows profile via VB6?

[jtseltmann]

Did a search and cannot seem to find any information...I have a bunch of citrix servers that we need to do periodic maintenance on. I can successfully map a drive to each server amd delete the folder under "Documents and Settings" but I cannot seem to find any code that will allow me to do the equivilent of using the "My Computer/User Profiles/Delete" functionality in Windows. Can anyone point me in the right direction at least? In the past we had simply deleted the user folder under "Documents and Settings" but have learned from Microsoft that this is not the "clean" way of performing this task.

Anyone have any thoughts for me?
Thank you in advance.

 

[dilettante]

Run the delprof.exe utility from your VB6 program?

How To Delete User Profiles by Using the User Profile Deletion Utility

 

[jtseltmann]

Thank you for the tip...i have googled all I can think of and didn't get anything like this. I'll research further.

Thank you again!

 

[dilettante]

Keep in mind that to use a utility like this one effectively from a VB6 program you'll need more than the simple intrinsic Shell() function.

Either use the Execute method from the Windows Script Host Object Model or else use a "shell pipe" component of some sort. Either method will allow your program to accept those prompts and answer them.

Or else just run the utility by hand.