Delete empty folders

[spartaniz]

I would like altbinz to delete the empty folder after extracting to another directory.

thanks

[Rdl]

Setup->Unrar->Delete empty folder

[spartaniz]

yes, i know about that option, but it does not delete the empty folders.

[Rdl]

Really? What does it do then?

I just tested that option and it does what it should do, delete EMPTY folder after unrar/delete/move procedure.

[spartaniz]

it does not delete my empty folders. It leaves the empty folders in the download directory.

btw, these downloads get grabbed using the rss filter.

[chris8837]

Same thing happens to me.  Has happened for a while never really got this feature to work.

Empty folder have all files deleted and still there

[Hecks]

Works perfectly fine here. Can you enable view hidden files in those folders to see if something's still in there (like Thumbs.db).

[spartaniz]

I'll check on my next download, already manually deleted all the empty folders.

[Rdl]

There are only 2 things I could think of:

1. I execute script involved?
2. AV locking out directory. What AV are you using?

[spartaniz]

I use no scripts except the filter on my rss feed, and on that specific computer, microsoft security essentials is die AV. The feature never worked since I can remember, have been using AltBinz for years.

[chris8837]

I've been using for years as well

XP, Vista, and Windows 7

Never worked

[spartaniz]

downloaded 2 shows using the rss filter and extracted to a different folder. Went into folder options, enabled show hidden files and unchecked the hide protected windows files- folder is completely empty.

[Hecks]

Well, if you've tried with AV disabled and/or Alt.Binz folders excluded from your AV, then all that can be said at this point is that it works 100% for others and always has done, so you need to dig deeper into what's happening on your system.

You could try installing Process Monitor to see which process has any open handles to the folder that might be preventing Alt.Binz from deleting it.

And failing any resolution of this mystery, you can always try the scripted method:

https://www.altbinz.net/forum/help-5/alt-binz-scripts-the-code!/msg14262/#msg14262

[spartaniz]

I've excluded the whole drive from my anti-virus. I've also disabled the "monitor automatically' in the quickpar options to see if that is locking the folder.

[Hecks]

I've also disabled the "monitor automatically' in the quickpar options to see if that is locking the folder.

Bingo. Note that there's no need to use QuickPar with Alt.Binz in this way (or at all).