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How to empty the Recycle Bin

Before you begin:

See also:

• Deleting file into the Recycle Bin
• How to retrieve number of objects in the Recycle Bin
• How to remove a directory that is not empty
• Displaying standard progress dialog box when copying files

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Code:

#DEFINE S_OK    0
#DEFINE SHERB_DEFAULT         0
#DEFINE SHERB_NOCONFIRMATION  1
#DEFINE SHERB_NOPROGRESSUI    2
#DEFINE SHERB_NOSOUND         4

	DECLARE INTEGER SHEmptyRecycleBin IN shell32;
		INTEGER hwnd, STRING pszRootPath, LONG dwFlags

	= SHEmptyRecycleBin (0, "C:", SHERB_DEFAULT)  

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Listed functions:

SHEmptyRecycleBin