I'm wondering how to safely remove a domain user profile from a computer that is a part of a domain. I don't want to delete the account from the domain itself, I just need to remove the profile from this computer, to do some cleanup.
I'm currently on a Vista Business computer, but we also have Win XP Pro and Win 7 Pro.
Best Answer
Method 1 (easy and safe)
Method 2 (slight variation of method 1)
The greyed out button possibly means that the registry hive has not been released by the operating system, as pointed out by @joeqwerty in the comments.
Method 3 (manual and prone to errors)
Delete the
C:\Users\[ACCOUNT]
directory. That leaves some registry entries behind that have to be manually deleted as follows.HKEY_USERS
branchComputer\HKEY_USERS\[SID]\Software\Microsoft\Windwos\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders
C:\Users\ACCOUNT\Desktop
You are in the right
HKEY_USERS\[SID]\Software\Microsoft\Windwos\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders
branch if the ACCOUNT in "Shell Folders" matches the ACCOUNT you just manually deleted form theC:\Users\[ACCOUNT]
directory. This branch [SID] can be exported and/or deleted to clean up the last of the user profile.