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In reviewing our virtual desktop user profiles, we are finding a new cache of files that we need to manage and delete due to our roaming profile performance. In \AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\ConnectorIcons, we have a stash of "thumbnail" bmp files that are averaging 81kb each. It appears that these files are not being managed/deleted in a timely manner. How do we do that automatically versus manually deleting them?
Thanks for the reply, appreciated. We don't have that tick box enabled or really use IE11. However, starting with the ideas from the above script I did some more research/experimenting with powershell and successfully used the following to clear the contents (only) of the ConnectorIcons folder from all user profiles, freeing almost 20Gb of space.
Get-ChildItem C:\Users |%{Remove-Item -Path "C:\Users\$_\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\ConnectorIcons\*" -Force -Recurse}
The above example remove
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Hi,
In which version of MS Windows is this happening?
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Hi,
You can use command line , something like this :
forfiles /p “C:\Users\-\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\ConnectorIcons” /m *.bmp /c “cmd /c del @path”
See more here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51054/batch-file-to-delete-files-older-than-n-days
Or, execute the Forfiles.exe program by opening the Task Scheduler as Administrator --> Action--> Create Task---> assign a Name for your action in the General tab--->> go to the Action tab---> click on New-->>New Action; copy and paste the forfile.exe script in the Program / script blank provided by the dialogue box. Click OK,---> and click OK once more--->>click Yes when prompted if " Do you want to run forfiles.exe with the following arguments" message.
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I forgot to add to make sure that in this line C:\Users\-\AppData\ <<------ to substitute the dash that I placed in there with the current user account name for that directory path
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Hi,
have you got find a solution to disable this files from saving locally ?
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Is Adobe Acrobat the only application that is writing a cache of thumbnails to this folder, or is it happening with other programs too?
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@stephane47- No one from Adobe has responded. @ls_rbls- just Adobe.
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I just deleted all bitmap files from it and renamed the folder.
Acrobat is not acting out and so far, after I renamed it nothing seems to be writing files to that folder
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++Update ,
Deleting the ConnectorIcons folder doesn't do anything. It recreates itself everytime you startup the Acrobat application.
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Did you solved the problem?
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The batch script is what works for me and run it as a scheduled task periodically.
From what I read before this folder needs to exist and it shouldn't be deleted.
I am going to continue to research about this.
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Hi there, was there any further answers on this one please. In a Windows remote desktop server environment with 60 users...
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Apparently not a lot of users have or are experiencing this.
I am surprised to see that about a year later it is still happening.
What happens if the you disable Thumbnail Preview in Windows Explorer, amd also disable the following:
These are the only two ideas that I can think off, aside from messing around with registry hives.
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Thanks for the reply, appreciated. We don't have that tick box enabled or really use IE11. However, starting with the ideas from the above script I did some more research/experimenting with powershell and successfully used the following to clear the contents (only) of the ConnectorIcons folder from all user profiles, freeing almost 20Gb of space.
Get-ChildItem C:\Users |%{Remove-Item -Path "C:\Users\$_\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\ConnectorIcons\*" -Force -Recurse}
The above example removes from all user profiles with the $_ entry and takes some time. I'd say test first with a single profile (TESTUSER) in my example and check the results first. Cheers, David.
Get-ChildItem C:\Users |%{Remove-Item -Path "C:\Users\TESTUSER\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\ConnectorIcons\*" -Force -Recurse}
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Nice!
Thank you for sharing that script.
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Nickel, ç'est exactement la solution que je recherchais. Merci !
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Don’t know if it’s possible on a Windows computer – on my Mac I just emptied the folder and then locked it (I don’t use the Previous Files option).