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I am using the remove-profile script from here http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Remove-Profile-787d9188 to remove profiles which is working great until an interesting problem I came across is not letting me remove a profile. When a profile is created by a user logging in with Enter-PSSession the profile cannot be removed until the winrm service is stopped. Does anyone know what causes this or know how to get around this so I don't have to stop the winrm service? Here is a screenshot of what it looks like - http://i.imgur.com/96J5T04.jpg

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  • Do these users close the ps session by exit, Exit-PSSession, Remove-PSSession or does the session still exists? Also note there is an IdleTimeout – Lars Truijens Apr 06 '14 at 12:43
  • The session is closed by closing the cmd/PowerShell console. This is some kind of file lock problem or problem with the session still being active. Get-PSSession does not seem to work so I don't know how to view active sessions. – John Smithman Apr 06 '14 at 15:54

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The PowerShell remote session were probably not closed correctly. Either make sure they are closed correctly (Remove-PSSession or Exit-PSSession) or try to remove them with something like below (PowerShell v3 and higher, see here).

Get-PSSession -ComputerName MyServerName | Remove-PSSession
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  • Get-PSSession never seems to work? it never displays any sessions information. – John Smithman Apr 06 '14 at 20:33
  • Do you use PowerShell version 3 or higher? Please check with $PSVersionTable – Lars Truijens Apr 06 '14 at 21:28
  • No, I use the default PS that comes in Windows. I think it is still 2.0? – John Smithman Apr 06 '14 at 21:48
  • You need PowerShell v3 to have that line working as expected. Different Windows versions come with different PowerShell versions. Check $PSVersionTable – Lars Truijens Apr 06 '14 at 21:51
  • The get-pssession commands are there but they just don't work? Anyways, this script/program I am working on needs to work on any version of PS so people do not need to install anything when they go to run it. I want it to work "out of the box" for people. So, what are my options to resolve this problem now? – John Smithman Apr 06 '14 at 21:55