Python Recursively Remove Empty Directories

remove_empty_folders.py

#! /usr/bin/env python
'''
Module to remove empty folders recursively. Can be used as standalone script or be imported into existing script.
'''

import os, sys

def removeEmptyFolders(path, removeRoot=True):
  'Function to remove empty folders'
  if not os.path.isdir(path):
    return

  # remove empty subfolders
  files = os.listdir(path)
  if len(files):
    for f in files:
      fullpath = os.path.join(path, f)
      if os.path.isdir(fullpath):
        removeEmptyFolders(fullpath)

  # if folder empty, delete it
  files = os.listdir(path)
  if len(files) == 0 and removeRoot:
    print "Removing empty folder:", path
    os.rmdir(path)
    
def usageString():
  'Return usage string to be output in error cases'
  return 'Usage: %s directory [removeRoot]' % sys.argv[0]

if __name__ == "__main__":
  removeRoot = True
  
  if len(sys.argv) < 1:
    print "Not enough arguments"
    sys.exit(usageString())
    
  if not os.path.isdir(sys.argv[1]):
    print "No such directory %s" % sys.argv[1]
    sys.exit(usageString())
    
  if len(sys.argv) == 2 and sys.argv[2] != "False":
    print "removeRoot must be 'False' or not set"
    sys.exit(usageString())
  else:
    removeRoot = False
    
  removeEmptyFolders(sys.argv[1], removeRoot)

import os

def remove_empty_folders(root_path):
    # Walk through the directory tree in reverse order (bottom-up)
    for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(root_path, topdown=False):
        # Check if the directory is empty (no files and no subdirectories)
        if not dirnames and not filenames:
            try:
                os.rmdir(dirpath)
                print(f"Removed empty directory: {dirpath}")
            except OSError as e:
                print(f"Could not remove {dirpath}: {e}")

# Specify the root path (C drive)
root_path = "C:\\"

# Call the function to remove empty folders
remove_empty_folders(root_path)   

This code also work fine, but can't remove system's empty directories. Is there any robust way to delete empty system directories?