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Safe to delete these folders and file?
Doing a little house cleaning today and I ran across two folders and a file that I believe can be safely deleted. The folders are empty and the file is 0 bytes. Can I safely delete them?
Safe to delete these folders and file?
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Computer Type: PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number: Dell XPS 8700
OS: Win10 Pro
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790 @3.60GHz, Haswell 22 nm
Motherboard: Dell Inc. 0KWVT8 (CPU 1)
Memory: 24 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz (11-11-11-28), 4 modules
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon R9 270
Sound Card: ATI AMD High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays: Dell 34-inch
Screen Resolution: 3440x1440
Keyboard: Wired Dell
Mouse: Dell Optical
PSU: Dell
Case: Dell
Cooling: Dell
Hard Drives: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB (SATA) Samsung SSD 850 PRO 1TB (SATA) Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB (SATA) Samsung SSD 860 EVO 2TB (SATA) 238GB SK hynix SC210 mSATA 256GB (SATA)
Internet Speed: 101.00 Mbps Download, 119.77 Mbps Upload
Browser: Edge, Chrome, Firefox
Antivirus: Norton Security + Malewarebytes
Computer Type: PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number: Alienware (Dell) Aurora R11
OS: Win10 V1909 Build 18363.959
CPU: Intel i9-10900
Memory: 32 GB Hyper X DDR4 XMP @3200MHz
Graphics Card: GeFore RTX 2080 Ti
Monitor(s) Displays: 27-inch Alienware Gaming
Screen Resolution: 1980 x 1080
Keyboard: Logitech G Pro
Mouse: Logitech G Pro
PSU: 1000W
Case: Alienware
Cooling: Liquid Cooling CPU
Hard Drives: 2TB M.2 PCIe SSD Boot + 2TB 7200 SATA
Antivirus: Norton + Malwarebytes
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Computer Type: Laptop
System Manufacturer/Model Number: MSI GE76 RAIDER
OS: Windows 11 Pro
CPU: 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
Motherboard: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-17K3
Memory: 32 GB (2x16) Samsung DDR4-3200
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU
Monitor(s) Displays: Dell UltraThin S2719DM 27" 16:9 IPS monitor, 2K, 5ms
Screen Resolution: 1920 x 1080 x 4294967296 colors
Hard Drives: 1 TB NVMe SSD Micro PCIe 4
Internet Speed: 400MBps Xfinity
Browser: Edge
Antivirus: Windows Defender
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Computer Type: PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number: Dell XPS 8700
OS: Win10 Pro
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790 @3.60GHz, Haswell 22 nm
Motherboard: Dell Inc. 0KWVT8 (CPU 1)
Memory: 24 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz (11-11-11-28), 4 modules
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon R9 270
Sound Card: ATI AMD High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays: Dell 34-inch
Screen Resolution: 3440x1440
Keyboard: Wired Dell
Mouse: Dell Optical
PSU: Dell
Case: Dell
Cooling: Dell
Hard Drives: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB (SATA) Samsung SSD 850 PRO 1TB (SATA) Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB (SATA) Samsung SSD 860 EVO 2TB (SATA) 238GB SK hynix SC210 mSATA 256GB (SATA)
Internet Speed: 101.00 Mbps Download, 119.77 Mbps Upload
Browser: Edge, Chrome, Firefox
Antivirus: Norton Security + Malewarebytes
Computer Type: PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number: Alienware (Dell) Aurora R11
OS: Win10 V1909 Build 18363.959
CPU: Intel i9-10900
Memory: 32 GB Hyper X DDR4 XMP @3200MHz
Graphics Card: GeFore RTX 2080 Ti
Monitor(s) Displays: 27-inch Alienware Gaming
Screen Resolution: 1980 x 1080
Keyboard: Logitech G Pro
Mouse: Logitech G Pro
PSU: 1000W
Case: Alienware
Cooling: Liquid Cooling CPU
Hard Drives: 2TB M.2 PCIe SSD Boot + 2TB 7200 SATA
Antivirus: Norton + Malwarebytes
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