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Delete a file to the recycle bin from C++

Today, I was looking for a way to delete a file to the recycle bin using C++, but couldn’t find any simple example, so here it is:

SHFILEOPSTRUCT operation;
operation.wFunc = FO_DELETE;
operation.pFrom = "c:\\file\to\delete.txt";
operation.fFlags = FOF_ALLOWUNDO;

SHFileOperation(&operation);

Tags: SHFileOperation, simple example, Win32

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One Response to “Delete a file to the recycle bin from C++”

Vesko Says:
November 25th, 2009 at 15:26
1) operation.pFrom must be end with double zero
2) operation.fFlags = FOF_ALLOWUNDO|FOF_NO_UI|FOF_NORECURSION;