Q186509: Terminal Server Commands: CPROFILE

Article: Q186509
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): WinNT:4.0
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Last Modified: 11-DEC-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0, Terminal Server Edition 
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SUMMARY
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CPROFILE cleans the specified profiles of wasted space and removes user-
specific file associations from the registry when the file associations are
disabled. Profiles that are currently in use will not be modified.

Syntax
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cprofile [/l] [/i] [/v] [/?] filelist

Parameter
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filelist

  A list of files from which you want to remove user-specific file
  associations.

/l

  Cleans all local profiles (filelist does not need to be specified).

/i

  Interactively prompts the user with each profile.

/v (verbose)

  Displays information about the actions being performed.

/?

  Displays the syntax for the command and information about the command's
  options.

Security Restrictions
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Only administrators can run cprofile.

CPROFILE -- Additional Notes
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File associations allow users to associate a specific application with a specific
file type. File association allows the Terminal Server to know what application
to use to access files of a particular type. File types are registered using
Explorer. Per-user file associations allow each user to have a different
application associated with a specific file type. For example, one user could
have .doc files associated with Microsoft Word and another user could have .doc
files associated with Word Viewer.

User-specific file associations are disabled by executing peruser /disable. If
the user-specific file associations are not disabled, cprofile removes only the
wasted space from the user's profile. When items are removed from a user's
profile, the corresponding registry does not reduce in size. Cprofile is useful
in clearing wasted space from the registry.

Note: This command will not modify profiles that are currently in use.

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