Code to empty the windows recycle bin
Empty Recycle bin
enum RecycleFlags : uint
{
SHERB_NOCONFIRMATION = 0x00000001,
SHERB_NOPROGRESSUI = 0x00000001,
SHERB_NOSOUND = 0x00000004
}
[DllImport("Shell32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
static extern uint SHEmptyRecycleBin(IntPtr hwnd, string pszRootPath,
RecycleFlags dwFlags);
//The follwing code does the emying
uint result = SHEmptyRecycleBin(IntPtr.Zero, null, 0);
//Here is a full app, on load it empties the bin.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;//Need for DLL import
using System.IO;
namespace RBinTest
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
uint result = SHEmptyRecycleBin(IntPtr.Zero, null, 0);
//empties on load
}
enum RecycleFlags : uint
{
SHERB_NOCONFIRMATION = 0x00000001,
SHERB_NOPROGRESSUI = 0x00000001,
SHERB_NOSOUND = 0x00000004
}
[DllImport("Shell32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
static extern uint SHEmptyRecycleBin(IntPtr hwnd, string pszRootPath,
RecycleFlags dwFlags);
}
}
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