Empty Recycle Bin

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Empty the Recycle Bin

Ths following code is used to empty the recycle bin using Microsoft .NET Framework, ASP.NET, Visual C# (CSharp, C Sharp, C-Sharp) Developer Training, Visual Studio

The namespace we have to use is:

using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

then create an enum for recylceflags like

enum RecycleFlgs : uint
{
   SHERB_NOCONFIRMATION = 0x00000001,
   SHERB_NOPROGRESSUI   = 0x00000002,
   SHERB_NOSOUND        = 0x00000004
}

creating an extern

[DllImport("Shell32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
static extern uint EmptyRecycleBin
        (IntPtr hwnd,
        string pszRootPath,
        RecycleFlgs dwFlags);
               
Now the main function to call  the above defined code
 
public static void Main()
{
    uint result = EmptyRecycleBin (IntPtr.Zero, null, 0);
    Console.WriteLine ("Result: {0}", result);
}