Deleted Files Re-Appear

[Guest RAZ4183]

I have a recurring issue with one of my users. We use roaming profiles on our

network (windows 2003 servers SP2) his laptop has XP Pro SP2. Several months

ago he deleted a number of Word/Excel files from his desktop but they would

re-appear after he rebooted his system. I deleted the same files from his

desktop, his locally cached profile, and from his roaming profile. This

seemed to have solved the issue. Now those same files are back on his desktop

several months later. This exact same situation happened last year with these

same files. What is causing this and how can I permanently remove these files?

[Guest Anthony [MVP]]

Re: Deleted Files Re-Appear

 

This happens if you have a roaming profile and do not delete copies of the

profile on all machines the user has logged on to. You can use delprof to

delete profiles on remote machines,

Anthony,

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"RAZ4183" <RAZ4183@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> I have a recurring issue with one of my users. We use roaming profiles on

> our

> network (windows 2003 servers SP2) his laptop has XP Pro SP2. Several

> months

> ago he deleted a number of Word/Excel files from his desktop but they

> would

> re-appear after he rebooted his system. I deleted the same files from his

> desktop, his locally cached profile, and from his roaming profile. This

> seemed to have solved the issue. Now those same files are back on his

> desktop

> several months later. This exact same situation happened last year with

> these

> same files. What is causing this and how can I permanently remove these

> files?

[Guest Ace Fekay [MVP Direcrtory Services]]

Re: Deleted Files Re-Appear

 

 

"RAZ4183" <RAZ4183@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:FA97B633-A7DA-4E36-9C3A-BA7D36B2FB21@microsoft.com...

>I have a recurring issue with one of my users. We use roaming profiles on

>our

> network (windows 2003 servers SP2) his laptop has XP Pro SP2. Several

> months

> ago he deleted a number of Word/Excel files from his desktop but they

> would

> re-appear after he rebooted his system. I deleted the same files from his

> desktop, his locally cached profile, and from his roaming profile. This

> seemed to have solved the issue. Now those same files are back on his

> desktop

> several months later. This exact same situation happened last year with

> these

> same files. What is causing this and how can I permanently remove these

> files?

 

Funny, I replied to this but my post didn't show up. I'm wondering if it is

because of Vista's Windows Mail? Never happened under OEx. Unless it did

post and I am not seeing it in my view?

 

Anyway, I thought to reply with specifics about what is going on. Here was

my original post that didn't show up:

 

What third party tools are installed?

Using Redirection?

Are there multiple sites, with a different location to store profiles, that

may have an older copy of his profile?

 

Is the user logging on to different machines? If so, this can be the cause

if none of the others above apply. If this is the case, I would suggest to

implement Folder Redirection through a GPO for your user base. It eliminates

this issue and provides numerous benefits.

 

Here is more info on what you are seeing that explains it:

 

Files and Folders Reappear After Deletion with Roaming ProfilesAfter you

delete files or folders of a user's roaming profile, the files and folders

reappear. If a user has a roaming profile and logs on to different ...

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/236073

 

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Regards,

Ace

 

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Ace Fekay, MCSE 2003 & 2000, MCSA 2003 & 2000, MCSE+I, MCT,

MVP Microsoft MVP - Directory Services

Microsoft Certified Trainer

 

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