THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE APPLIES TO:
- WAFS version 3.6.1 and earlier
This is issue is resolved in version 3.6.2
SYMPTOM
When WAFS replicates a roaming profile, a user or administrator might not be able to delete the user's roaming profile directory and/or subdirectories.
Depending on the level of the directory selected for deletion, the user or administrator might receive the message "Error Deleting File or Folder - Cannot remove folder <Folder>: The directory is not empty" or the folder will appear to delete, but then be replicated again from the WAFS Server.
RESOLUTION
Before you can delete a roaming profile directory and/or subdirectories, you need to remove the "Read-only" attribute on the applicable roaming profile subdirectories under the WAFS Job's ("RoamingProfiles") P directory in the WAFS Server vault ("AD").
To remove the read-only attribute from multiple subdirectories
- Open a Windows Command Prompt on the WAFS Server computer.
- Click Start, then click Run. The Run dialog box appears.
- In the Open box, type cmd, then click OK (or press ENTER).
- Change directories to the top level directory of the profile you want to delete. For example, type:
cd c:
cd AD\RoamingProfiles\P\jsmith
- Using the attrib command, recursively remove the read-only setting from child files/folders. Type:
attrib -R -S -H * /S /D
You can now delete the directory from any Agent using an administrator account. When deleting WAFS-replicated folders from the Agent machine, you must use SHIFT+DEL.