Windows BUG: How to delete empty folders that don't have Thumbs.db in them, but "Thumbs.db is open"

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(Win11Pro) [BUG] Dealing with the disaster that is HEIC vs JPG, and now trying to get rid of six months of date-named empty folders.Click on first one. Shift-click on last one to select all.Click Delete."Delete" pop-up window runs to 99% then announces "The file 'Thumbs.db' is a system file. If you remove it, Windows or another program may no longer work correctly. Are you sure you want to permanently delete it?"YES"The action can't be completed because the file is open in Windows Explorer."But it's not in any of the folders I'm deleting. And I'm showing file extensions, and hidden files. No

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