Move a file to the Recycling bin

by Anonymous (267 Submissions)
Category: Windows System Services
Compatability: Visual Basic 4.0 (32-bit)
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Wed 16^th December 1998
Date Added: Mon 8^th February 2021
Rating: (1 Votes)

API Declarations
hwnd As Long wFunc As Long pFrom As String pTo As String fFlags As Integer fAnyOperationsAborted As Long hNameMappings As Long lpszProgressTitle As Long End Type Private Declare Function SHFileOperation Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "SHFileOperationA" (lpFileOp As SHFILEOPSTRUCT) As Long Private Const FO_DELETE = &H3 Private Const FOF_ALLOWUNDO = &H40

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    With typOperation
        .wFunc = FO_DELETE
        .pFrom = "filename.txt"   'File to move to bin
        .fFlags = FOF_ALLOWUNDO
    End With
    SHFileOperation typOperation

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