tryguy Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Well, first of all, purge will not leave __delete_if_empty directories unless the directory is not in fact empty. These files are actually markers for purge so it knows which directories it can delete (once they are empty). Yeah, I played around with purge just to see how it handled things. It works well. In that, it'll only keep folders there with hand-edited files in them. And, if you do a redeploy, you'll now have a strictly valid installation again. But, I have noticed that if I /uninstall/ a mod, it'll leave empty folders. So, until a user does do that purge/deploy cycle, they'll potentially have that messy file structure that I've seen a few times. I think most of those times were when I was just getting back into using Vortex and didn't even know what purge was used for. I use purge quite a lot now, just to keep things tidy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tannin42 Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Yeah, cleaning empty directories takes some extra time so I'm not doing it every time you disable/remove a mod. The purpose of purge however is to restore the game directory to a clean state so there it makes sense to invest the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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