(02-21-2026, 02:14 PM)doppler Wrote: It would be real nice to have a version of kill not bypassing the recycle bin.  Maybe _kill "filename.ext" ?

To recover an accidental deleted file I had to use a third party recovery program.  Need a safer way to delete a file.

Thanks

(02-21-2026, 02:14 PM)doppler Wrote: It would be real nice to have a version of kill not bypassing the recycle bin.  Maybe _kill "filename.ext" ?

To recover an accidental deleted file I had to use a third party recovery program.  Need a safer way to delete a file.

Thanks

(02-21-2026, 11:09 PM)bplus Wrote: Make Sub or Function to Move file to Recycle Bin.

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'_DEST _CONSOLE



'To - From, From - To Flags

Const FO_MOVE = &H1

Const FO_COPY = &H2

Const FO_DELETE = &H3

Const FO_RENAME = &H4



'File Op Flags

Const FOF_MULTIDESTFILES = &H1

Const FOF_CONFIRMMOUSE = &H2

Const FOF_SILENT = &H4

Const FOF_RENAMEONCOLLISION = &H8

Const FOF_NOCONFIRMATION = &H10

Const FOF_WANTMAPPINGHANDLE = &H20

Const FOF_ALLOWUNDO = &H40

Const FOF_FILESONLY = &H80

Const FOF_SIMPLEPROGRESS = &H100

Const FOF_NOCONFIRMMKDIR = &H200

Const FOF_NOERRORUI = &H400

Const FOF_NOCOPYSECURITYATTRIBS = &H800

Const FOF_NORECURSION = &H1000

Const FOF_NO_CONNECTED_ELEMENTS = &H2000

Const FOF_WANTNUKEWARNING = &H4000

Const FOF_NORECURSEREPARSE = &H8000

Const FOF_NO_UI = FOF_SILENT



'Return Values

Const DE_SAMEFILE = &H71

Const DE_MANYSRC1DEST = &H72

Const DE_DIFFDIR = &H73

Const DE_ROOTDIR = &H74

Const DE_OPCANCELLED = &H75

Const DE_DESTSUBTREE = &H76

Const DE_ACCESSDENIEDSRC = &H78

Const DE_PATHTOODEEP = &H79

Const DE_MANYDEST = &H7A

Const DE_INVALIDFILES = &H7C

Const DE_DESTSAMETREE = &H7D

Const DE_FLDDESTISFILE = &H7E

Const DE_FILEDESTISFLD = &H80

Const DE_FILENAMETOOLONG = &H81

Const DE_DEST_IS_CDROM = &H82

Const DE_DEST_IS_DVD = &H83

Const DE_DEST_IS_CDRECORD = &H84

Const DE_FILE_TOO_LARGE = &H85

Const DE_SRC_IS_CDROM = &H86

Const DE_SRC_IS_DVD = &H87

Const DE_SRC_IS_CDRECORD = &H88

Const DE_ERROR_MAX = &HB7

Const UNKNOWN = &H402

Const ERRORONDEST = &H10000

Const DE_ROOTDIR_ERRORONDEST = &H10074



Type SHFILEOPSTRUCTA

    hwnd As _Offset

    $If 64BIT Then

        wfunc As _Unsigned _Integer64 'To - From, From - To Flags

    $Else

    wfunc AS _UNSIGNED LONG

    $End If

    pFrom As _Offset

    pTo As _Offset

    fFlags As Long

    fAnyOperationsAborted As _Byte

    hNameMappings As _Offset

    lpszProgressTitle As _Offset

End Type



Type SHQUERYRBINFO

    $If 64BIT Then

        cbsize As _Integer64

        i64Size As _Integer64

        i64NumItems As _Integer64

    $Else

    cbsize AS LONG

    i64Size AS _INTEGER64

    i64NumItems AS _INTEGER64

    $End If

End Type



Declare Dynamic Library "Shell32"

    Function FileOperation% Alias SHFileOperationA (lpFileOp As SHFILEOPSTRUCTA)

    Function EmptyRecycleBin% Alias SHEmptyRecycleBinA (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal pszRootPath As _Offset, ByVal dwFlags As Long)

    Function QueryRecycleBin~& Alias SHQueryRecycleBinA (pszRootPath As String, pSHQueryRBInfo As SHQUERYRBINFO)

End Declare



'Test code

If _FileExists(_Dir$("desktop") + "this is a test.txt") = 0 Then

    Open _Dir$("desktop") + "this is a test.txt" For Output As #1

    Close #1

End If

Print Copy(_Dir$("desktop") + "this is a test.txt", _Dir$("desktop") + "this is a test as well.txt")

_Delay 2

Print Rename(_Dir$("desktop") + "this is a test as well.txt", _Dir$("desktop") + "this is a test also.txt")

_Delay 2

Print Recycle(_Dir$("desktop") + "this is a test also.txt")

_Delay 2

Print GetRecycleInfo

_Delay 2

Print EmptyBin





Function GetRecycleInfo$

    Dim RecycleInfo As SHQUERYRBINFO

    Dim path As String

    Dim a~&

    path = "" + Chr$(0)

    RecycleInfo.cbsize = Len(RecycleInfo)

    a~& = QueryRecycleBin(path, RecycleInfo)

    GetRecycleInfo = _Trim$(Str$(RecycleInfo.i64Size)) + " " + _Trim$(Str$(RecycleInfo.i64NumItems))

End Function



Function Recycle% (file As String)

    Dim lpFileOp As SHFILEOPSTRUCTA

    Dim doublenull As String

    doublenull = Chr$(0) + Chr$(0)

    file = file + doublenull

    lpFileOp.hwnd = _WindowHandle

    lpFileOp.wfunc = FO_DELETE

    lpFileOp.pFrom = _Offset(file)

    lpFileOp.fFlags = FOF_ALLOWUNDO + FOF_WANTNUKEWARNING

    Recycle = FileOperation(lpFileOp)

End Function



Function Copy% (file As String, dest As String)

    Dim lpFileOp As SHFILEOPSTRUCTA

    Dim doublenull As String

    doublenull = Chr$(0) + Chr$(0)

    file = file + doublenull

    dest = dest + doublenull

    lpFileOp.hwnd = _WindowHandle

    lpFileOp.wfunc = FO_COPY

    lpFileOp.pFrom = _Offset(file)

    lpFileOp.pTo = _Offset(dest)

    lpFileOp.fFlags = FOF_ALLOWUNDO

    Copy = FileOperation(lpFileOp)

End Function



Function Move% (file As String, dest As String)

    Dim lpFileOp As SHFILEOPSTRUCTA

    Dim doublenull As String

    doublenull = Chr$(0) + Chr$(0)

    file = file + doublenull

    dest = dest + doublenull

    lpFileOp.hwnd = _WindowHandle

    lpFileOp.wfunc = FO_MOVE

    lpFileOp.pFrom = _Offset(file)

    lpFileOp.pTo = _Offset(dest)

    lpFileOp.fFlags = FOF_ALLOWUNDO

    Move = FileOperation(lpFileOp)

End Function



Function Rename% (file As String, newname As String)

    Dim lpFileOp As SHFILEOPSTRUCTA

    Dim doublenull As String

    doublenull = Chr$(0) + Chr$(0)

    file = file + doublenull

    newname = newname + doublenull

    lpFileOp.hwnd = _WindowHandle

    lpFileOp.wfunc = FO_RENAME

    lpFileOp.pFrom = _Offset(file)

    lpFileOp.pTo = _Offset(newname)

    lpFileOp.fFlags = FOF_ALLOWUNDO

    Rename = FileOperation(lpFileOp)

End Function



Function EmptyBin%

    Dim drive As String

    drive = ""

    EmptyBin = EmptyRecycleBin(0, _Offset(drive), 0)

End Function

(02-27-2026, 06:03 PM)SpriggsySpriggs Wrote: I would also like to quickly add that KILL should only be used for files that you are creating and using within your code. I would never use KILL to delete files outside of the code space.