App to find empty folders on a drive

Sigurd · Feb 11, 2024

I have tried various ways to do this without success. I won't go into all the ways. Suffice to say they either don't work, are too old, or part f an expensive app with functions I don't need.
Any suggestions appreciated.

pseymour · Feb 11, 2024

If you're comfortable with PowerShell, this would clean out the user's Temp directory, for example. Run it as-is to see what would be removed; take out the -WhatIf to actually remove things.

Powershell:

function Remove-EmptyFolders
{
    param
    (
        [string]$Path
    )

    if (Test-Path $Path)
    {
        Get-ChildItem -Path $Path -Force -Directory | ForEach-Object { Remove-EmptyFolders $_.FullName }

        Get-ChildItem $Path -Force | Measure-Object |
        ForEach-Object {
            if ($_.Count -eq 0)
            {
                Remove-Item -Path $Path -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -WhatIf
            }
        }
    }
}

Remove-EmptyFolders -Path $env:Temp

pseymour · Feb 11, 2024

This seems to be accurate if you're using Everything, but remember it's only as accurate as the Everything index.

Background info here and here.

Code:

"C:\Some\Path\Here" childcount:=0

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Sigurd

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