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Function name : SHQueryRecycleBin

Group: Shell Functions - Library: shell32

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Retrieves the size of the Recycle Bin, and the number of items in it, on the specified drive.

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Code examples:

How to retrieve the number of objects stored in the Recycle Bin

Declaration:

HRESULT SHQueryRecycleBin(
	LPCTSTR pszRootPath,
	LPSHQUERYRBINFO pSHQueryRBInfo
);  

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FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER SHQueryRecycleBin IN shell32;
	STRING   pszRootPath,;
	STRING @ pSHQueryRBInfo  

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Parameters:

pszRootPath Address of a null-terminated string of maximum length MAX_PATH to contain the path of the root drive on which the Recycle Bin is located.

pSHQueryRBInfo Address of a SHQUERYRBINFO structure that receives the Recycle Bin information.

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Return value:

Returns S_OK (0) if successful, or an OLE-defined error value otherwise.

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