Editor keeps old folders on restart : Bug

C-Arch · March 12, 2015, 6:11am

Hi.

This is more of an annoyance than game breaking.
The editor keeps old folders that were deleted.

Sometimes i clean up projects and delete folders. I Save the game. I then run Redirection clean up. I save before this step because Redirection Clean up occasionally crashes my editor.

If it did not crash i close the project and open, only to find the folders are back. Even though they are empty they are there. It does not matter if i delete them 1000 times. They always reappear.

The picture on the left shows the cleaned up project. The one on the right shows that it displays the old information still after a restart.

The only thing that works is deleting them in the project. Closing the editor, and then delete the folders manually out of the explorer.

This occurs on 4.7.2 and has been since the early days of 4.7 preview builds.
I am running windows 7 64bit.

This occurs with every project. It is not isolated to just 1 project.
Thanks for reading.

Regards

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Azarus · March 12, 2015, 6:13am

I have similar issues. But i don’t think its a bug.

AlwysAnrchy · March 13, 2015, 3:36pm

Howdy Crocopede,

Thank you for reporting this information. I was able to replicate what you have seen with deleting folders and having them reappear. I have place report UE-11796 into our bug database so that the issue may be resolved in a future release.

At this time, I cam uncertain as to when this issue will be resolved but I will be sure to keep you updated as I see any change in the report.

Thanks and have a great day!

C-Arch · March 27, 2015, 6:59am

Thx dude. No rush… its minor.

anonymous_user_bcdd396d · August 4, 2016, 5:21pm

This change has been scheduled to be implemented in UE 4.14.

Imagine-Games · December 12, 2016, 4:38pm

Not fixed in 4.14.1 , on Mac Osx, some folders delete, others don’t

Kenomica · January 2, 2017, 11:45am

As of 4.14.1 - this still occurs.

anonymous_user_bcdd396d · January 4, 2017, 9:06pm

Are you on a Mac or PC?

NPC_SpaceGeek · March 8, 2017, 9:46am

4.15.0, can’t delete empty folder.

anonymous_user_bcdd396d · March 10, 2017, 8:20pm

I was able to delete an empty folder following these steps:

Open a blank project with Starter Content
In the Content Browser, move all content of the Architectural folder to another folder in the Content Browser
Delete the Architectural folder
Save all
Close Project
Reopen Project
Architectural Folder is gone from the Content Browser and Windows explorer as expected.

Please try these steps and let me know if you do not get the same results. Also, please post the steps you are following so that the folder does not delete. Remember to save all in your project after deleting.

anonymous_user_048df7ed1 · December 6, 2018, 6:43pm

4.21.1, u guys could fix this? theres so much glitch with the content browser reference loosing while moving… folder keep holding file while deleting those. then you loose reference of some asset because you move this… thats terrible.