empty folders that have size to them

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Sequoia226 wrote:
> Sometimes I run across folders while doing file maintenance that are
> empty but they have some size to them.
> Lately I find them in my pictures folder. These are folders that I
> created at some point and had stuff in them at some point but over
> time, I have moved stuff around and forgot about them. But then Ill
> see them and want to delete them but they are of size. Like about
> 350k or so. Different than typical empty folders. I cannot see any
> files in them though.
> I am worried about deleting something that I dont want deleted.
> Any ideas as to why the folder has size to it?
>
> No reason to believe theres a hidden file in a folder I created to put
> pics in so Im not thinking its a hidden file.

Instead of "not thinking" - prove it.
Turn on the showing of hidden and system files and look. =)

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