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Empty folders disappearing
Hi,
OS: Windows 10 build 1082.
Issue: Empty folders (randomly) disappear.
This happened at least 2 times (of which I am sure). I do not recognize a pattern.
When it happens, all the sub folders (within one "main folder") that did not have files in them just vanish. The other sub folders who contained files remained intact. I checked outside the "main folder", I found empty folders on the hard drive.
The first time I put it on the account of user manipulation. I recently bought an external hard drive and I have been transferring and organizing a lot. I also activate the option of not moving files to the Recycle Bin. Although I never made a mistake in the past ten years, this could have been my first time.
There was a second time after that but I could not remember for sure if I did create the folders.
This past 24 hours, on the other hand, it happened again, and this time I am positive it s not a user mistake: Empty folders are missing, other folders are fine.
I do not think it is malware or virus related.
There is no software, to my knowledge, that is supposed to interact directly with that "main folder".
I do not use a cleaning software. I did defragment my hard drives lately, but after testing it today the problem did not occur (maybe I should re test it after creating a hundred empty folders...).
I did not find a relevant thread about this issue, and I have no idea where this is coming from.
If there is a need for additional information, please let me know, I ll try to answer as soon as possible.
Umaro
P.S In case someone is wondering, an empty folder still has a name, and it is an useful data to me.