How do I find all the empty folders and delete them.

Anonymous
2011-04-03T17:52:58+00:00

My music has a bunch of folders that are empty but it will take forever to look at every single one.  I want to search by size or someway that will make it easier to find and delete

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Anonymous
2011-05-15T16:05:51+00:00

Hello !

If you do want to delete all the empty folders only ! go to Computer and at the top right click on search. Click on kind and Select folder, now click again on search and click on size, select 0 and click on search.

This should list all the empty folders

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-10-10T20:14:41+00:00

    Great.

    I hope this helps others too.

    Regards

    Roger

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-10-10T19:58:04+00:00

    Roger, 

    I discovered the root of my problem - I had "BD" instead of "RD" at the beginning of each line.  *facepalm*

    Thanks!

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-10-10T11:05:26+00:00

    The one line command

    *** DIR /AD/B/S | SORT /R > DIR-empty.BAT  ***

    creates the DIR-empty.bat  file.

    The DIR-empty.bat file contains the names of all folders/directories on your hard drive.

    The RD (remove directory) command will not delete non empty foldders/directories.

    All machines under Microsoft bridle have an ASCII editor ; it is Notepad.

    You can get to Notepad as easily as you get to CMD.

    Do not hesitate If you have other questions.

    Regards,

    Roger

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-10-10T10:40:25+00:00

    Hi,

    Your

      C:%directoryofinterest%>RD"C:%directoryofinterest\AppData\Local"

         The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

    message shows the result of the command.

    Can you list two lines from the Batch file you have created ?

    We will work from that.

    Regards

    RG

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