Strange behaviour of Node Repository

[kowisoft]

Dear KNIMErs,

for some strange reason I need to clean up my node repository every day. Is there some hidden metafile I have to adjust, when I clean up lots of folders in my node repository?

This is how it looks BEFORE cleaning, you see a lot of empty folders:

This is how it looks like AFTER cleaning (and how it should look like)

However, everytime I restart KNIME, I get the first (uncluttered) folder structure again and have to clean it up again.

I also checked on my local harddrive and the folders are also deleted there.

I run KNIME Analytics Platform 4.3.2

Thank you in advance.

[ipazin]

Hell @kowisoft,

remember this one and it was classified as a bug if it’s same. Think deleting the folders manually in the windows explorer should work. See here:

"Ghost" workflow names - reappear even after delete

I have this weird thing happening - I have previous workflows that I were moved or deleted that show up as only their names as empty WE group in the Explorer (not matter if they previously were a workflow or group). This happened a while back after I installed Knime on a new PC and moved my workflows to said PC and then directed the Workspace to this folder. It looks like this: [Capture] The yellow highlighted are such mentioned “ghost” folders. No matter if I delete them here or directly…

Br,
Ivan

[kowisoft]

That worked, I tried it before in 4.3.2 where it didn’t but in 4.5 that did the job.

Thanks a lot!

[ipazin]

Glad to hear that @kowisoft
Ivan