mohamed bassuny Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 (edited) hi i am mohmed from egypt want to tell any on make this program call CCleaner i have an idea to make it if u see it good go and make it Real Make Ccleaner search for the empty folder and make some Selections like delete all empty folder in c:/ som thing like that i hope to love my idea and sorry about my bad english Edited September 5, 2009 by Andavari Made fonts the normal readable size Be water My friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted September 5, 2009 Moderators Share Posted September 5, 2009 I've moved your suggestion to suggestions. And I've edited your post to have normal font, please refrain from very big fonts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohamed bassuny Posted September 5, 2009 Author Share Posted September 5, 2009 ok i am sory Be water My friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aethec Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 There are a lot of useful empty folders. Piriform French translator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ident Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 Everyone will probably have a different opinion here, but personally I wouldn't touch them. The space that empty folders use is negligible, but the hassle of accidentally deleting something that either isn't truly empty, or something that will cause another process to grind to a halt when it tries to write to a temp directory it can't find, isn't. If you're worried about disk space then empty folders is the least of your problems. If you're worried about access speed I would suggest you use a good defragger like defraggler or diskeeper and trust it to move any truly useless junk out of the way and prioritise stuff that you access regularly. If you're just a neat freak and prefer things to be tidy, stop looking at your C directory now before you go insane... No fate but what we make Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleet Command Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 I personally oppose, because deleting empty folders has very little benefit for users but may has some caveats: Empty folders do not occupy any significant disk space Empty folders rarely pose any significant privacy threat. Some empty folders are necessary for applications to run properly. Applications sometimes use them as temporary folders and clean them up every now and them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kvg Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT RUNNING APPLICATION FOLDERS WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT FOLDER IN THE NAME OF UNINSTALLED APPLICATIONS, WHICH ARE OF NO USE. IT WILL GIVE A IMPRESSON THAT CCLEANER NOT ABLE TO UNINSTALL THE APPLICATION FULLY HOPE WE HAVE A SOLUTION FOR THE SAME IN NEAR FUTURE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleet Command Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 First, CCleaner does not uninstall any application. It just cleans up their environment. Second, regardless of the fact that telling the difference between the identities of the empty folders and their origin is a cumbersome (and sometimes impossible to accomplish) task for CCleaner (or any application), all the caveats that I have mentioned earliers still apply. Third, you don't really have to shout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ident Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT RUNNING APPLICATION FOLDERSWE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT FOLDER IN THE NAME OF UNINSTALLED APPLICATIONS, WHICH ARE OF NO USE. IT WILL GIVE A IMPRESSON THAT CCLEANER NOT ABLE TO UNINSTALL THE APPLICATION FULLY HOPE WE HAVE A SOLUTION FOR THE SAME IN NEAR FUTURE shouting about someting that you are not paying for is very rude. all ccleaner does is provide a MUCH faster way of accessing the original softwares uninstaller. ccleaner does not claim to clean up after uninstalation. No fate but what we make Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted September 10, 2009 Moderators Share Posted September 10, 2009 ...if anyone wishes to construct a non-destructive test as to why blindly removing empty folders is a very bad ideal just remove your TEMP folder from your Windows user profile. In this test expect some software installers, and some installed software which can't deal with that folder missing, they will start displaying errors. Which is exactly why I use a batch file to copy over a Temp Directory Protector file to various locations on my system, and put all sorts of attributes on it so disk cleaning programs can't screw anything up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mishu5770 Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Maybe you can search your computer but not include the windows folder, the program files folder, or the documents and settings folder. I realize the only actual use for this would be to make things easier on the eyes, but it still should be put in CCleaner because it's a program to clean things up. I think that any empty folder outside those folders doesn't have to be worried about. Just a suggestion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleet Command Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 ^ What other folders do we have in our computers except Windows folder, Document and Seetings folder, Program Files folder and System Volume Information folder? Common man, empty folders aren't really a big deal but having an application delete them is a bit risky. It's a too complicated task with little yield. Let's abandon this task to non-artificial intelligence, i.e. ourselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
login123 Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Hi, mohamed bassuny. Welcome. Just my opinion, but I'm glad you suggested that, whether it gets used or not. Creative thinking is never easy, but always worth the effort. edit: I wouldn't delete them all either, but your suggestion made me think about it for the first time. The CCleaner SLIM version is always released a bit after any new version; when it is it will be HERE :-) Pssssst: ... It isn't really a cloud. Its a bunch of big, giant servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleet Command Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Well, think about an algorithm for detection too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohamed bassuny Posted March 3, 2010 Author Share Posted March 3, 2010 when i have the idea in my mind i think that not all empty folder will be delete but there are some folder not to delete like temp,Favorites,Startup ...etc but when i instal aprogram and remove it again the program leave some folders followed him this folder must be delete i know that will not take any space from the HD but what the reason to be in the system it is empty and not used ========= i know a program like "Internet Download Manager" it Create "Documents\Downloads\Compressed.....etc" it have some empty folders but when delete it the program Create it again ========= i used a small program to delete the empty fplder but it is not good and i never see any "displaying errors" all displaying errors i see that it tell me that the Favorites,Startup folder not delete cause it is a system folder or some thing like that and from one month i used the progran i dont see any "displaying errors" and i used it to C:\ to the system and see that ================= i used CCleaner to Clean all this folder "System Volume Information" and i never get any errors i think that is a system folder but it when i delete file from the partion it copy itself to "System Volume Information" and take a big space in HD and the folder contain a system files and CCleaner not delete it auto what i mean that CCleaner not delete any folder or file important for the system that is all what i think thanks for all member and for Andavari sory for my bad english again :P Be water My friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ident Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Thats just sloppy uninstallers. Download something like revo uninstaller http://www.revouninstaller.com/ It will scan for left over folder/file traces after invoking the software own uninstaller. You poem like flow of sentences makes it harder to read lol No fate but what we make Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohamed bassuny Posted March 3, 2010 Author Share Posted March 3, 2010 no read it all al of it :D Be water My friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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