CMD Command to delete files and put them into Recycle Bin?

Question

Is there any console command "del" to delete files from a folder and put them into Recycle Bin? del command will delete files and not in Recycle Bin.

Answer 1

There is a "recycle.exe" command part of the a collection called cmdutils

"Recycle.exe is a safe replacement for the DEL command, that sends files to the recycle bin instead of deleting them. Recycle is also more flexible than DEL; you can specify multiple files at once (or use wildcards)"

Available at http://www.maddogsw.com/cmdutils
(Tool last updated May 2000)

There is "DeleteXP.exe" is for deleting files from Command Prompt in Windows (Windows 9x and Windows NT 4.0/2000/XP). Unlike, the standard "DEL" command which only deletes the file, Delete XP deletes the files and sends them to the recycle bin. The file(s) to be deleted are passed to it as parameters. It now supports /p and adds two new options /a /d /v.

Just like "del" command in Windows NT/2000/XP, Delete XP supports multiple file names as parameters even in Windows 9x.

Available at http://downloads.easytools.com/Freebies/DeleteXP.zip
(Tool last updated Sep 2004)

There is "recycle.exe" (different developer to one from maddogsw):

C:\>recycle /? Version 1.11, Copyright (C)2001 Frank P. Westlake Deletes one or more files by sending them to the Recycle Bin, if possible.  RECYCLE [/PFQ] [/A[[:]attributes]] [[drive:][path]filename  [drive:][path]filename Specifies the file(s) to delete. Specify multiple files by using wildcards. /P Prompts for confirmation before deleting each file. /F Force deleting of read-only files. /Q Quiet mode, do not ask if ok to delete on global wildcard /A Selects files to delete based on attributes     attributes R Read-only files      S System files     H Hidden files      A Files ready for archiving     - Prefix meaning not 

Available at http://web.archive.org/web/20071026113307/http://gearbox.maem.umr.edu/batch/f_w_util/
http://gearbox.maem.umr.edu/batch/f_w_util/
http://gearbox.maem.umr.edu/batch/f_w_util/recycle.zip
(Tool last updated Jan 2001)

BTW if you want to empty the recylce bin from the command line "cmdutils" has "bin" command:

bin /empty /force 

Answer 2

Without external programs - deleteJS.bat. It uses Shell.Application invoke verb method. usage is simple:

call deleteJS.bat c:\someFile.txt call deleteJS.bat d:\someFolder