SHEmptyRecycleBin function
Empties the Recycle Bin on the specified drive.
Syntax
HRESULT SHEmptyRecycleBin( _In_opt_ HWND hwnd, _In_opt_ LPCTSTR pszRootPath, DWORD dwFlags );
Parameters
- hwnd [in, optional]
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Type: HWND
A handle to the parent window of any dialog boxes that might be displayed during the operation. This parameter can be NULL.
- pszRootPath [in, optional]
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Type: LPCTSTR
The address of a null-terminated string of maximum length MAX_PATH that contains the path of the root drive on which the Recycle Bin is located. This parameter can contain the address of a string formatted with the drive, folder, and subfolder names, for example c:\windows\system\. It can also contain an empty string or NULL. If this value is an empty string or NULL, all Recycle Bins on all drives will be emptied.
- dwFlags
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Type: DWORD
One or more of the following values.
Return value
Type: HRESULT
If this function succeeds, it returns S_OK. Otherwise, it returns an HRESULT error code.
Requirements
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Minimum supported client | Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP [desktop apps only] |
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Minimum supported server | Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only] |
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Unicode and ANSI names | SHEmptyRecycleBinW (Unicode) and SHEmptyRecycleBinA (ANSI) |
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Build date: 11/28/2012
