Creating Empty Folders in Build Specification

I'm trying to create a build specification that creates sub folders with data required by the application. This works out ok, but I also want to create empty folders the the app will use for data output. I can't get the build to createa folder unless there is a file in it. Is there a way to do this?
TIA,
Bill F

Bill,
I have tried the installation and it will not create a folder unless there is something in it. Here we have two options.
You can create a dummy file and place it in the "empty" directory. This will make it non-empty and force its creation
You can create the directory in LabVIEW. This can be accomplished by following this KnowledgeBase article:
Programmatically Searching For And Creating A New Directory Using LabVIEW
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/26743C31FE0CF26786256F16005970A0?OpenDocument
Thanks,
Stephen Meserve
National Instruments

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