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BESR 2010: copy empty folders?

MIXIT
Level 6
Partner Accredited
Hey can anyone confrim that BESR's backup feature for Files and Folders doesn't copy empty folders?  From what I gather, it desn't.  i did a test backup, used that search function under Recovery My Files and it didn't find a folder I had crated that had been emtpy, but it did find files I specifiied so I know the backup did complete and what not. 

I didn't see anythign in documentation at least in the Protect Help portion of Help. 

And if it doesn't, is there a setting (hidden?) that tells it to backup empty folders? 

And on a side note, does anyone know why backup software often doesn't su[port empty folder copy?  I've seen this in more than one product now and wonder why it's so hard for developers to just do it.  If I have an empty folder somewhere, it's probably for a reason.  Maybe it's just a thing with the file system tables or something but if so, why not backup the file system table too and use it to reference files in the backup set.  *shrug*. 

Thanks anybody that can confirm this issue. 
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