Tool to automatically remove all empty folders from a vault

Background

Over time, a vault may contain many empty folders. This is entirely normal and can occur particularly in vaults that use a Field-Path definition for which certain documents have been archived or no longer exist. The attached tool is provided to automatically scan an entire vault and delete all empty folders that it finds.

Description

ICDeleteEmptyFolders.exe

Before you begin

We recommend that this tool only be used by system administrators and that it only be run after business hours.

To use this tool:

1. Download the executable file above, preferably to a location on the server itself, although a location on a client computer is also acceptable if access to the server is restricted.
2. Configure the administrative back door account to use the account of the user who will run the tool. See the Meridian Enterprise Administrator's Guide for details.
3. Test the tool on a copy of the vault to be processed.
4. Prepare and verify a current backup of the vault to be processed.
5. Run the executable and select the vault to be processed.
6. Click the DO IT button to begin processing.

While the tool is running, it will list the empty folders that it deletes. A completion dialog will appear when the process has completed.