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UPHClean 2.x Beta Test

Thursday, 18 May 2006 by Michel Roth

Thomas Koetzing is announcing the UPHClean 2.x Beta Test: It’s been now more than three years since the release of the first version of Microsoft User Profile Hive Cleanup Service (UPHClean) and the response in the community was tremendously. During that time many Companies had big problems with the use of roaming profiles and some of them still have. UPHClean was and is the only answer from Microsoft to solve their profile solution, in person Robin Caron. The task for Robin was easy (not really) “Build a utility or service that once and for all gets rid of problems with user profile not unloading”.

Real world problems
When reading the new features, does something sound familiar for you? Ever encountered open file handle issue? I will give now some real example where UPHClean will help you.

• VMware hgfs.dat: VMware creates the hgfs.dat file in profile folder for the first user that logs in and keeps it open. When using roaming profiles you get a problem with that. (read VMware FAQ1317 for a solution)
• SUN Java (JRE):In some cases SUN Java creates a folder called hsperfdata with file permissions only set to the user and can not be removed by the system without taking ownership. SUN say’s this is by design (bug id 5042659)
• Microsoft Internet explorer cookies and favorites:Favorites and cookie files sometimes excide more than 255 chars and can only be deleted through the command line
• Also suspects for open file handles: SAP SapGui (SapWorkDir), Imprivata SSO, Indexing Software, Virus scanner etc.

Become a Beta Tester!
Now it’s your chance to become a beta tester for UPHClean 2.x for Windows 32- and 64Bit systems! Sign up here.