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RecycleBinItems – Get info on the items in the Recycle Bin

RecycleBinItems – Get info on the items in the Recycle Bin

Option ExplicitPrivate Type SHQUERYRBINFO    cbSize As Long           ' bytes in this structure    i64Size As Currency      ' 64-bit integer with size of items in the Recycle                              ' Bin    i64NumItems As Currency   ' 64-bit integer with number of items in the                               ' Recycle BinEnd TypePrivate Declare Function SHQueryRecycleBin Lib "shell32.dll" Alias _    "SHQueryRecycleBinA" (ByVal pszRootPath As String, _    QueryInfo As SHQUERYRBINFO) As Long' Return number of items in the Recycle Bin for the' specified drive, or all drives if the argument is' a null string'' If you pass a second argument, it is filled with the' total size of the items in the Recycle Bin for that driveFunction RecycleBinItems(ByVal RootPath As String, _    Optional NumBytes As Currency) As Long    Dim qInfo As SHQUERYRBINFO    ' add a colon and backslash, if missing    If Len(RootPath) > 0 And Mid$(RootPath, 2, 2) <> ":" Then        RootPath = Left$(RootPath, 1) & ":"    End If    qInfo.cbSize = Len(qInfo)    Debug.Print SHQueryRecycleBin(RootPath, qInfo)    ' scale up the result    RecycleBinItems = qInfo.i64NumItems * 10000    ' return the size in the second argument    NumBytes = qInfo.i64Size * 10000End Function

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