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How do I search out and delete empty folders, subfolders and sub subfolders?
OK, doing some spring clean of the hard drive, tidying up the music files and whatnot! I have discovered quite a few empty folders dotted about caused by the move. I would like to delete this but don't want to risk the harshness of accidentally deleting a music file if it's in folder.
Now, I've found a nifty little command prompt code that does the job but I can't get it to work!
This is the command instructions ~ http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,805015,00.asp
And this is the complaint I get when I try to run it ~ http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/TrailRat/Fi...
Help! Please!
1 Answer
- ?Lv 48 years agoFavorite Answer
Without seeing exactly what you have entered when running this utility I can’t tell you where you are going wrong but I would imagine you have made a syntax error in what you have typed.
Command line instructions have to be precise otherwise they will fail and something as simple as missing or inserting an extra space can cause that error.
There are a number of free utilities available for Windows to find and delete empty directories
RED “Remove Empty Directories” downloadable from http://sourceforge.net/projects/rem-empty-dir/?sou... is one such utility and has some good reviews.
As always be careful of what you delete make sure it is only directory’s you are sure about