Home Directory and Profile Management

Hyena supports management of user home directory and profile information in a variety of ways, including:

User profile and home directory property configuration on the User Properties->Profile dialog.  Support is provided for browsing and exploring of home directory and profile paths.

Home directories can be automatically created and secured using Hyena's powerful Home Directory Template features.

Home Directory and Profile Exploring and deletion through the User Account Functions->Profile/Home Directory Admin option.  See below for more information.

Home Directory and Profile Management

Hyena can directly Explore and delete home directory and profile configurations for users.  Both standard and Terminal Server profiles and home directories can be managed.  The Profile and Home Directory Administration dialog can be accessed two different ways:

1. Display the context menu for any user account, and select Account Functions->Profile and Home Directory Admin.

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2. Under Tools->Settings->User, enable the "Show User Profile Manager..." option.  When enabled, Hyena will display the User Profile/Home Directory Manager dialog when users are being deleted.

The User Profile/Home Directory Manager dialog will display all standard and Terminal Server user profile and home directory configurations.  It supports the following functions:

Directory Exploring (browsing).  Clicking the Explore button (labeled "...") next to each directory name will display the standard Windows Explorer shell for the directory.

File, directory and share deletion options.  To delete any of the displayed directories:

- Select the directories to delete by enabling (checking) the Delete option for any combination of directories.

- Select the Deletion Options to delete the files, directory, and share as appropriate.

- Click the Delete button.  Hyena will require a confirmation prior to performing any deletions.

Important Notes:

Any deletion of files, directories, and/or shares cannot be undone.  Windows does NOT support recycle bin recovery of files that are deleted remotely.

The deletion options apply to any directories marked for deletion.  If different deletion options are desired for different directories, delete the directories one at a time with different options for each directory.

Hyena will automatically recall the previous deletion options that were used.

Hyena will NOT delete a share that is referenced with a subdirectory.  For example, if a directory has a share name of "Users" such as \\servername\Users\username, Hyena will NOT remove the Users share even if the Delete Share option is selected.  Only directories with the format of \\servername\sharename will be affected by the Delete Share option.

Hyena will NOT remove the home directory or profile settings from the user's directory entry. Use the User Properties function to actually modify a user's home directory or profile setting.