Empty preview folders

Just curious why LR leaves behind empty preview folders when you remove images from the library. Say you have 50k images and over the course of a month you remove 30k. You now have 30k empty folders in the previews folder.
They can easily be vanquished - RED (Remove Empty Directories) works well for the PC. I don't know if they have any impact on performance.

Go to your Pictures Folder and find the iPhoto Library there. Right (or Control-) Click on the icon and select 'Show Package Contents'. A finder window will open with the Library exposed.
Look there for a Folder called 'Data' or 'Data.noindex'
That contains the thumbnails. They are tiny files and won't print well.

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I confirmed Master repository has all the empty folders in Presentation Layer Subject Area, but the checked out repository does not have them.
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I migrated all of my events from IPhoto to Aperture,
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Since you are determined to solve this puzzle, I rolled up my sleeves & dove in -- starting with a refined search...
Some of the categories may be found under Other (which is found at the bottom of the list that pops up when you click on the button to the right of the button).
Before I took this screen shot, I selected all & then ticked Get Info -- obviously, just to view the confirmation dialog box.
On my machine, when I clicked on a folder, the path was revealed on the bottom bar. It was typically either Michael > Music > iTunes > Album Artwork> Cache > (####'s, etc...) [italics mine] or Michael > Music > iTunes > Album Artwork> Cloud Purchases > (####'s, etc...) [italics mine].
Disclaimer: If you do similar to what I have done, then select all, you could use the command in Finder > file > Move To Trash; however, the onus would be on you. Notice how the System Files were specifically NOT included in the search parameters. If you don't empty the trash, then the folder(s) could (theoretically) be dragged back out of the trash & returned to their respective original location(s). Of course you could just select one folder, click on that, check the path for yourself, & decide to do a test drag to trash using said single folder. Then simply investigate the effect it has on your iTunes library.
Finally, you may also wish to see if any higher level ASC volunteers chime in as well -- as they oftentimes do when they come across a rather unique issue such as yours.
Click on the screen shot & it will zoom larger for you.
That's my story & I'm stickin' to it!
mm
iMac (20-inch Early 2008), Mac OS X (10.6.8), iTunes 11.3.1

How do I delete thousands of empty Links folders in Safari 6 bookmarks?

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I'm just curious about some folders that I see in my iTunes library:
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Hi,
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# inbox dor account must be retrieved and maintained.
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You can also find many examples here:
http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/site/search?f%5B0%5D.Type=RootCategory&f%5B0%5D.Value=Office&f%5B0%5D.Text=Office&f%5B1%5D.Type=SubCategory&f%5B1%5D.Value=Microsoft%20Outlook&f%5B1%5D.Text=Microsoft%20Outlook
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Hi,
Sorry if this has been answered before.
I recently installed a 2012 R2 server into my old 2008 R2 domain. Updated the schema, made my new 2012 server the master in all respects. I find that when my Windows 8 clients log on, any folders with shortcuts in them on their redirected desktops are empty
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the same for me.
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