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Function name : SHEmptyRecycleBin

Group: Shell Functions - Library: shell32

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Empties the Recycle Bin on the specified drive.

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Code examples:

How to empty the Recycle Bin

Declaration:

HRESULT SHEmptyRecycleBin(
	HWND hwnd,
	LPCTSTR pszRootPath,
	DWORD dwFlags
);  

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FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER SHEmptyRecycleBin IN shell32;
	INTEGER hwnd,;
	STRING  pszRootPath,;
	LONG    dwFlags  

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Parameters:

hwnd Handle to the parent window of any dialog boxes that might be displayed during the operation.

pszRootPath 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.

dwFlags One or more of the predefined values.

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Return value:

Returns S_OK (0) if successful, or an OLE-defined error value otherwise.

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