Empty Recycle bin - VB.NET code

[vighnesh]

Hi All

Can Anybody Please help me in how to Empty a Recycle bin using VB.NET code ?

Regards
Vighneswar

[Jared Parsons [MSFT]]

Re: Empty Recycle bin - VB.NET code

Hello vighnesh,

Hi All
>
Can Anybody Please help me in how to Empty a Recycle bin using VB.NET
code ?

I believe that you need to P/Invoke for this functionality. Good news is
that there is a sample up on Pinvoke.net to do this very thing.

http://www.pinvoke.net/default.aspx/shell32/SHEmptyRecycleBin.html

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[Peter]

Re: Empty Recycle bin - VB.NET code

This is how you do it:

Private Declare Function SHEmptyRecycleB in Lib "shell32.dl l" Alias
"SHEmptyRecycle BinA" (ByVal hWnd As Int32, ByVal pszRootPath As String,
ByVal dwFlags As Int32) As Int32
Private Declare Function SHUpdateRecycle BinIcon Lib "shell32.dl l" () As
Int32

Private Const SHERB_NOCONFIRM ATION = &H1
Private Const SHERB_NOPROGRES SUI = &H2
Private Const SHERB_NOSOUND = &H4

#Region "Empty Recycle Bin (SUB)"

Private Sub EmptyRecycleBin ()
SHEmptyRecycleB in(Me.Handle.To Int32, vbNullString, SHERB_NOCONFIRM ATION +
SHERB_NOSOUND)
SHUpdateRecycle BinIcon()
End Sub

#End Region

I hope this helps,

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