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‎README.md

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- [Find-NeededModules](https://github.com/rstolpe/PowerShell-Scripts/blob/main/Windows/Find-NeededModules.md)
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This function are making sure that the needed modules are installed, up to date and imported.
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- [Show-MonitorInformation](https://github.com/rstolpe/PowerShell-Scripts/blob/main/Windows/Show-MonitorInformation.md)
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Returns information about all the monitors that has been connected to the local or remote computer
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Returns information about all the monitors that has been connected to the local or remote computer
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- [Remove-BrowserSettings](https://github.com/rstolpe/PowerShell-Scripts/blob/main/Windows/Remove-BrowserSettings.md)
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This function let you delete Edge or Chrome settings for a specific user from both local and remote computer.

‎Windows/Get-UserProfiles.ps1

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}
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}
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catch {
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Write-Error "Something went wrong when collecting the user profiles!"
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Write-Error "$($PSItem.Exception.Message)"
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Write-Host "Something went wrong when collecting the user profiles!" -ForegroundColor Red
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Write-Host "$($PSItem.Exception.Message)" -ForegroundColor Red
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break
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}
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}
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Write-Host "The user profile $($Profile.LocalPath.split('\')[-1]) are now deleted!" -ForegroundColor Green
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}
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catch {
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Write-Error "Something went wrong when trying to delete the user profile $($Profile.LocalPath.split('\')[-1])"
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Write-Error "$($PSItem.Exception.Message)"
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Write-Host "Something went wrong when trying to delete the user profile $($Profile.LocalPath.split('\')[-1])" -ForegroundColor Red
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Write-Host "$($PSItem.Exception.Message)" -ForegroundColor Red
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continue
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}
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}
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Write-Host "The user profile $($user) are now deleted!" -ForegroundColor Green
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}
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catch {
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Write-Error "Something went wrong when trying to delete the user profile $($user)"
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Write-Error "$($PSItem.Exception.Message)"
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Write-Host "Something went wrong when trying to delete the user profile $($user)" -ForegroundColor Red
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Write-Host "$($PSItem.Exception.Message)" -ForegroundColor Red
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continue
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}
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}
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else {
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Write-Warning "$($user) did not have any user profile on the computer!"
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Write-Warning "$($user) did not have any user profile on $($Computer)!"
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}
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}
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}

‎Windows/Remove-BrowserSettings.md

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# Remove-BrowserSettings
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This function let you delete Edge or Chrome settings for a specific user from both local and remote computer.
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### You can do the following with the function
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- List all user profiles on local and remote computer.
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- Delete Edge or Chrome settings for specific user on local or remote computer.
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- It saves the bookmarks to C:\Temp before it deletes the settings and then restore them after.
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### Links
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- [Readme](https://github.com/rstolpe/PowerShell-Scripts/blob/main/Windows/Remove-BrowserSettings.md)
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- [Script file](https://github.com/rstolpe/PowerShell-Scripts/blob/main/Windows/Remove-BrowserSettings.ps1)
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- [Blog post](https://stolpe.io/delete-edge-or-chrome-settings-on-remote-or-local-computer/)
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- [Report bug, issue, improvement request or request new script](https://github.com/rstolpe/PowerShell-Scripts/issues/new/choose)
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- [Guide, activate WinRM with GPO](https://stolpe.io/enable-winrm-with-gpo/)

‎Windows/Remove-BrowserSettings.ps1

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function Remove-BrowserSettings {
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<#
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.SYNOPSIS
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Delete all settings for Chrome or Edge for a specified user
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.DESCRIPTION
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This function will delete all of the Chrome or Edge settings for a specified user, it will also save the bookmarks to C:\Temp before deleting and restoring them after.
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.PARAMETER Computer
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If you want to delete the settings on a remote computer you need to specify the computer name here, not needed if you going to use it on a local computer.
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.PARAMETER UserName
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Write the username of the user that you want to delete the Edge or Chrome settings for.
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.PARAMETER Edge
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Use this switch if you want to delete the settings for Edge
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.PARAMETER Chrome
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Use this switch if you want to delete the settings for Chrome
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.PARAMETER ListUsers
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When using this switch it will only return all of the user profiles on the computer
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.EXAMPLE
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Remove-BrowserSettings -ListUsers
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This will list all of the user profiles that are on the local computer
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Remove-BrowserSettings -Computer "Win11" -ListUsers
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This will list all fo the user profiles that are on the remote computer named "Win11"
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Remove-BrowserSettings -Computer "Win11" -UserName "Robin" -Edge
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This will delete Edge settings for the user Robin on remote computer "Win11", if you want to delete Chrome settings just
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replace -Edge with -Chrome
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Remove-BrowserSettings -UserName "Robin" -Edge
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This will delete Edge settings for the user Robin on local computer, if you want to delete Chrome settings just
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replace -Edge with -Chrome
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#>
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[CmdletBinding()]
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Param(
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[string]$Computer,
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[string]$UserName,
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[switch]$Edge,
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[switch]$Chrome,
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[switch]$ListUsers
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)
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if ($ListUsers -eq $False) {
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if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($UserName)) {
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Write-Host "You must enter a username!" -ForegroundColor Red
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Break
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}
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if ($Edge -eq $False -and $Chrome -eq $False) {
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throw "You must either delete Chrome or Edge"
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}
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}
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if ($Edge -eq $True -and $Chrome -eq $True) {
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throw "You can't delete both Edge and Chrome at the same time!"
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}
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if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($Computer)) {
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[string]$Computer = "localhost"
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}
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if ($Edge -eq $True) {
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$Browser = "Microsoft\Edge"
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$BrowserProcess = "edge.exe"
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}
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if ($Chrome -eq $True) {
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$Browser = "Google\Chrome"
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$BrowserProcess = "chrome.exe"
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}
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$GetAllUsers = (Get-CimInstance -ComputerName $Computer -className Win32_UserProfile | Where-Object { (-Not ($_.Special)) } | Select-Object LocalPath | foreach-object { $_.LocalPath.split('\')[-1] })
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if ($ListUsers -eq $true) {
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Write-Host "The following user profiles exists on $($Computer):`n"
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$GetAllUsers
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}
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else {
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if ($UserName -in $GetAllUsers) {
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try {
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# Setting up CIMSession to kill all the chrome.exe process.
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$CimSession = New-CimSession -ComputerName $Computer
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Write-Host "Stopping all of the active $($BrowserProcess)..."
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$ChromeProcess = Get-CimInstance -CimSession $CimSession -Class Win32_Process -Property Name | where-object { $_.name -eq "$($BrowserProcess)" }
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if ($Null -ne $ChromeProcess) {
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[void]($ChromeProcess | Invoke-CimMethod -MethodName Terminate)
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}
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Remove-CimSession -InstanceId $CimSession.InstanceId
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Write-Host "All $($BrowserProcess) are now stopped" -ForegroundColor Green
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}
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catch {
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Write-Host "Something went wrong when trying to stopp $($BrowserProcess)" -ForegroundColor Red
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Write-Host "$($PSItem.Exception.Message)" -ForegroundColor Red
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Break
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}
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try {
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Write-Host "Starting to delete all browser settings..."
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# Deleting Chrome/Edge folder in the user profile but before that it copy the bookmarks to C:\Temp and then back to the correct folder so the bookmarks don't get lost.
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Invoke-Command -ComputerName $Computer -Scriptblock {
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Param(
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$UserName,
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$Browser
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$BrowserPath = "$env:SystemDrive\Users\$($UserName)\AppData\Local\$($Browser)\User Data\"
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$BookmarkPath = "$env:SystemDrive\Users\$($UserName)\AppData\Local\$($Browser)\User Data\Default\Bookmarks"
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$BookmarkFolderPath = "$env:SystemDrive\Users\$($UserName)\AppData\Local\$($Browser)\User Data\Default\"
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if (Test-Path -Path $BookmarkPath -PathType Leaf) {
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if (Test-Path -Path "$env:SystemDrive\Temp") {
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Copy-Item $BookmarkPath -Destination "$env:SystemDrive\Temp"
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}
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else {
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New-Item -Path "$env:SystemDrive\" -Name "Temp" -ItemType "directory" > $Null
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Copy-Item $BookmarkPath -Destination "$env:SystemDrive\Temp"
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}
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}
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if (Test-Path -Path $BrowserPath) {
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Remove-Item $BrowserPath -Recurse -Force
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}
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if (Test-Path -Path "$env:SystemDrive\Temp\Bookmarks"-PathType Leaf) {
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New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $BookmarkFolderPath
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Copy-Item "$env:SystemDrive\Temp\Bookmarks" -Destination $BookmarkFolderPath
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Remove-Item "$env:SystemDrive\Temp\Bookmarks" -Recurse -Force
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}
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} -ArgumentList $UserName, $Browser
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}
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catch {
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Write-Host "Something went wrong when trying to delete the browser settings" -ForegroundColor Red
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Write-Host "$($PSItem.Exception.Message)" -ForegroundColor Red
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Break
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}
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}
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Write-Warning "$($UserName) don't have a user profile on $($Computer), see list below for all the user profiles that exists:`n"
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$GetAllUsers
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}
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}
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}

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