14 Feb 2006 at 19:47 #1 buzzby buzzby Associate Joined 24 Oct 2002 Posts 656 Just had a thought while i'm doiong some maintance on my machine. Is there a piece of software that will delete every folder that contains no data. I.E. the folders that get left behind when you uninstall stuff?
Just had a thought while i'm doiong some maintance on my machine. Is there a piece of software that will delete every folder that contains no data. I.E. the folders that get left behind when you uninstall stuff?
14 Feb 2006 at 20:02 #2 whitecrook whitecrook Soldato Joined 22 Aug 2005 Posts 8,845 Location Clydebank just leave them they do no harm. delete them as you find them.
14 Feb 2006 at 20:31 #3 sfx sfx Associate Joined 13 Dec 2004 Posts 926 buzzby said: Just had a thought while i'm doiong some maintance on my machine. Is there a piece of software that will delete every folder that contains no data. I.E. the folders that get left behind when you uninstall stuff? Click to expand... There maybe if you look hard enough. If you know any VB or C# you could make a small application to do this in no time. sfx
buzzby said: Just had a thought while i'm doiong some maintance on my machine. Is there a piece of software that will delete every folder that contains no data. I.E. the folders that get left behind when you uninstall stuff? Click to expand... There maybe if you look hard enough. If you know any VB or C# you could make a small application to do this in no time. sfx
14 Feb 2006 at 20:34 #4 buzzby buzzby Associate OP Joined 24 Oct 2002 Posts 656 It not that big a prob for me to write a small prog. Just one of those spur of the moment questions. As you say they do no harm so i doubt many people have written a prog to deal with it.
It not that big a prob for me to write a small prog. Just one of those spur of the moment questions. As you say they do no harm so i doubt many people have written a prog to deal with it.
