Zero Byte Files

When I ran a smart folder consisting of all files with Zero bytes, I got a dozens of them (including a lot in the preference folder).  Is this normal?  Should I be trashing any of these or do they serve some purpose?  I have a MacBook Pro running OSX 10.7.4.

This turned out to be a user error. However, I realized this after fixing the error by deleting the follwoing files:
Check if the issue exists with another user? Continue if the issue is not reproducible.
Delete all the preferences from ~/Library/Preferences/*.*
This fixed the issue. However, while deleting the plist files, I realized that the issue was as a result of bad task I created in Automator. The process was replicating the zero byte files. The issue could've been resolved had I traced my steps back to the time when I first saw the problem. Could've save me some time in customizing my desktop from scratch.

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    I don't even know where to start. I guess first I'll list some background information:
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