by Bird (7 Submissions)
Category: Windows API Call/Explanation
Compatability: Visual Basic 3.0
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Thu 26th June 2003
Date Added: Mon 8th February 2021
Rating: 
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Empties the recycle Bin.
API Declarations
Const SHERB_NOPROGRESSUI = &H2
Const SHERB_NOSOUND = &H4
Private Type ULARGE_INTEGER
LowPart As Long
HighPart As Long
End Type
Private Type SHQUERYRBINFO
cbSize As Long
i64Size As ULARGE_INTEGER
i64NumItems As ULARGE_INTEGER
End Type
Private Declare Function SHEmptyRecycleBin Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "SHEmptyRecycleBinA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal pszRootPath As String, ByVal dwFlags As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function SHUpdateRecycleBinIcon Lib "shell32.dll" () As Long
Private Declare Function SHQueryRecycleBin Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "SHQueryRecycleBinA" (ByVal pszRootPath As String, pSHQueryRBInfo As SHQUERYRBINFO) As Long
VBcoders
Dim RBinInfo As SHQUERYRBINFO, Msg As VbMsgBoxResult
RBinInfo.cbSize = Len(RBinInfo)
SHQueryRecycleBin vbNullString, RBinInfo
If (RBinInfo.i64Size.LowPart And &H80000000) = &H80000000 Or RBinInfo.i64Size.HighPart > 0 Then
Msg = MsgBox("Your Recycle Bin consumes over 2 GB right now!" + vbCrLf + "Do you want to empty it?", vbYesNo + vbQuestion)
Else
Msg = MsgBox("Your Recycle Bin consumes" + Str$((RBinInfo.i64Size.LowPart) / 102400) + " MB right now." + vbCrLf + "Do you want to empty it?", vbYesNo + vbQuestion)
End If
If Msg = vbYes Then
SHEmptyRecycleBin Me.hwnd, vbNullString, 0
SHUpdateRecycleBinIcon
End If
End
End Sub
