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Empty files within profile

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Hi, I am about to transfer my profile to a new computer, and have noticed that my profile contains many empty files - about 300 AlternateServices-???.txt, and about 200 folderCache-???.json files.

Can I safely delete these?

Many thanks!

Hi, I am about to transfer my profile to a new computer, and have noticed that my profile contains many empty files - about 300 AlternateServices-???.txt, and about 200 folderCache-???.json files. Can I safely delete these? Many thanks!

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YES. you can delete them

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david
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YES. you can delete them

earwigs
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Many thanks!

david
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You're very welcome. :)

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