Empty folders

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Bill Leed

I notice there are many empty folders, especially in Windows\System32. Most
of these are dated from at least six months before I upgraded to WindowsXP
(from ME). Can I safely delete these, since they are just taking up room?
 
"How much room can they take up if they are empty folders?"

Depends on whether the folders are taking up a lot of empty space or just a
little.

Sorry for making a joke at the OP's expense...it was just too tempting. To
somehow make things right, I would offer this suggestion: The folders might
appear to be empty if 'Display the contents of system folders' is unchecked.

Modem Ani

Wesley Vogel said:
How much room can they take up if they are empty folders?

Do these folders have names?

If they are system folders, you can't delete them.

[[The System32 folder and its subfolders contain the core operating system
files for your Windows XP installation.]]
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prgg_det_sbnz.asp

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Bill Leed said:
I notice there are many empty folders, especially in Windows\System32.
Most of these are dated from at least six months before I upgraded to
WindowsXP (from ME). Can I safely delete these, since they are just
taking up room?
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Bill

You have a choice.. you can leave things as they are and still enjoy a
working computer, or you can try to delete the empty folders that are really
doing no harm at all and taking up negligible anything, and screw up your
computer..

Your call..
 
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