DeleteProfileW function (userenv.h)
Deletes the user profile and all user-related settings from the specified computer. The caller must have administrative privileges to delete a user's profile.
Syntax
USERENVAPI BOOL DeleteProfileW(
[in] LPCWSTR lpSidString,
[in, optional] LPCWSTR lpProfilePath,
[in, optional] LPCWSTR lpComputerName
);
Parameters
[in] lpSidString
Type: LPCTSTR
Pointer to a string that specifies the user SID.
[in, optional] lpProfilePath
Type: LPCTSTR
Pointer to a string that specifies the profile path. If this parameter is NULL, the function obtains the path from the registry.
[in, optional] lpComputerName
Type: LPCTSTR
Pointer to a string that specifies the name of the computer from which the profile is to be deleted. If this parameter is NULL, the local computer name is used.
Return value
Type: BOOL
TRUE if successful; otherwise, FALSE. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.
Remarks
DeleteProfile might fail when passed the security identifier (SID) of the local system account (S-1-5-18).
Note
The userenv.h header defines DeleteProfile as an alias that automatically selects the ANSI or Unicode version of this function based on the definition of the UNICODE preprocessor constant. Mixing usage of the encoding-neutral alias with code that is not encoding-neutral can lead to mismatches that result in compilation or runtime errors. For more information, see Conventions for Function Prototypes.
Requirements
| Requirement | Value |
|---|---|
| Minimum supported client | Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only] |
| Minimum supported server | Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only] |
| Target Platform | Windows |
| Header | userenv.h |
| Library | Userenv.lib |
| DLL | Userenv.dll |