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Remove Empty Directories (aka RED)A freeware tool to batch delete empty folders.What is it good for?One might think that searching and deleting empty directories is a trivial thing, but once you have hundreds of them it get’s really exhausting. That’s the reason I made RED. It’s a small and simple tool that searches and deletes empty directories recursively below a given start folder. And before deleting anything it let’s you check all empty directories it found.Features Shows empty directories before deleting them Supports multiple delete modes (including Delete to recycle bin) Allows white and black listing of directories by using filter lists Can detect directories with empty files as emptyDownload latest version (2.2)Windows installer (Normal edition) - RecommendedWorks without Administrator rights but therefore can't clean some system directories.Release date: Feb 2011 / Size: 395 KBWindows installer (Admin edition)This edition forces your system to start RED as Administrator everytime you start it if you didn't disable the UAC. (Provides the same functionality as normal edition)Release date: Feb 2011 / Size: 395 KBPortable (ZIP file, no installer)Full featured version for portable devices such as USB drives.Release date: Feb 2011 / Size: 78 KBYou can also have a look at the source code which is hosted at GitHub.Found a bug? I created a new feedback page which holds more information on how to submit a bug or a idea.Download older versionsYou can still download old versions of RED, but it is not recommended.System requirements Windows XP, Vista or 7 and RED might also work with Windows 8 and Linux (by using Mono) Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 or later (the installer should check that)LicenseRED is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.Feel free to have a look into the sourcecode behind RED to fix it, fork it, extend it, learn from it, improve it, …