Folder won't delete

I've got several folders who are now empty that I want to
delete...but RH refuses to allow it. there is NOTHING in them -
I've checked in Windows Explorer...nothing there, but the X is
greyed out and they will not go away.
Irritating. Is there a file I can edit somewhere and remove
them from the project? THANKS!!!

Hi Teri. I'm not clear if you need additional help. If you
have redundant baggage files left in your project that you are sure
you don't need, you can just delete them from the Baggage Files
folder. If they still remain, and it can sometimes happen, just
open the rhbag.apj file up in Notepad and remove the offending
entry. All the usual provisos about backups apply of course.

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