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]]

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

 

[Peter]

This is how you do it:

Private Declare Function SHEmptyRecycleBin Lib "shell32.dll" Alias
"SHEmptyRecycleBinA" (ByVal hWnd As Int32, ByVal pszRootPath As String,
ByVal dwFlags As Int32) As Int32
Private Declare Function SHUpdateRecycleBinIcon Lib "shell32.dll" () As
Int32

Private Const SHERB_NOCONFIRMATION = &H1
Private Const SHERB_NOPROGRESSUI = &H2
Private Const SHERB_NOSOUND = &H4

#Region "Empty Recycle Bin (SUB)"

Private Sub EmptyRecycleBin()
SHEmptyRecycleBin(Me.Handle.ToInt32, vbNullString, SHERB_NOCONFIRMATION +
SHERB_NOSOUND)
SHUpdateRecycleBinIcon()
End Sub

#End Region

I hope this helps,

Crouchie1998
MCP MCSE