Empty Recycle Bin (C#.net)

The following code shows you how to empty a recycle bin.

using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

// Libraries to import

[DllImport("shell32.dll", EntryPoint = "SHEmptyRecycleBinA", ExactSpelling = true, CharSet = CharSet.Ansi,SetLastError = true)]

private static extern int SHEmptyRecycleBin(int hWnd, string pszRootPath, int dwFlags);

[DllImport("shell32.dll",ExactSpelling=true,CharSet=CharSet.Ansi,SetLastError=true)]

private static extern int SHUpdateRecycleBinIcon();

       

              

private const int SHERB_NOCONFIRMATION = 0x1;

private const int SHERB_NOSOUND = 0x4;

      

private void emptyRecycleBin()

{

SHEmptyRecycleBin(this.Handle.ToInt32(),string.Empty,Convert.ToInt32(SHERB_NOCONFIRMATION + SHERB_NOSOUND)); 

SHUpdateRecycleBinIcon();

}

private void btnEmpty_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

   try

      {

         emptyRecycleBin();

      }

      catch (Exception ex)

      {

         MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);

      }

}