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Title: Remove Empty Directories
Post by: evilfantasy on August 27, 2008, 12:43:23 PM

Just tried this and found a bunch of empty folders from software I had uninstalled long ago. Very useful but use with care.

jonasjohn.de: remove empty directories (freeware for windows) (http://www.jonasjohn.de/lab/red.htm)

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RED searches and deletes empty directories recursively below a given start folder and shows the result in a well arranged tree. Further you can create some custom rules for keeping and deleting folders. Empty files in directories can also be ignored. Just try RED to see the other features - no registry keys or system files will be touched.

Title: Re: Remove Empty Directories
Post by: Carbon Dudeoxide on August 28, 2008, 03:27:18 AM

Cool, i'll have a look at it.

EDIT: Interesting.... :)

Title: Re: Remove Empty Directories
Post by: CBMatt on August 28, 2008, 06:01:45 AM

Very neat little program.  It's certainly safer and easier than trying to write your own batch script.  Caution should be exercised, of course, and I suggest only using this program if you actually know what you're doing.  There shouldn't be any problems, but still...you can't be too safe.

Title: Re: Remove Empty Directories
Post by: !~*:.Pink Floyd.:*~! on August 28, 2008, 08:43:15 AM

I need it badly but why do programs create this directories in the first placE?

Title: Re: Remove Empty Directories
Post by: Carbon Dudeoxide on August 28, 2008, 08:44:25 AM

To store (temporary) files?

Title: Re: Remove Empty Directories
Post by: !~*:.Pink Floyd.:*~! on August 28, 2008, 08:48:30 AM

Quote from: Carbon Dudeoxide on August 28, 2008, 08:44:25 AM

To store (temporary) files?

Then If I deleted it wouldnt it render other programs useless?

Since they need temporary files?

Title: Re: Remove Empty Directories
Post by: Carbon Dudeoxide on August 28, 2008, 08:57:24 AM

That's why they're called Temporary Files.

I also put brackets around the word 'temporary' because some programs just create files when you start them up for autosaves and stuff like that.

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Then If I deleted it wouldnt it render other programs useless?

Browsers use save temporary files on the hard drive which are basically images of your most frequently visited web pages or any web page you visited since you started the computer up.
I'll use ComputerHope as an example. Every time you open up ComputerHope, you will notice that comes up almost instantly. This is because all the graphics are already saved on the computer, so they don't have to be called up and downloaded from the internet.
If you clear your temporary files (or Internet Cache) and try to load ComputerHope, it will come up slower and you can see the images being loaded.

Title: Re: Remove Empty Directories
Post by: priya1 on August 29, 2008, 01:32:23 AM

we have to save in Temporary Files. After using it we can delete.


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