How do you place a file in recycle bin instead of delete?

Question

Programmatic solution of course...

Answer 1

http://www.daveamenta.com/2008-05/c-delete-a-file-to-the-recycle-bin/

From above:

using Microsoft.VisualBasic;  string path = @"c:\myfile.txt"; FileIO.FileSystem.DeleteDirectory(path,      FileIO.UIOption.OnlyErrorDialogs,      RecycleOption.SendToRecycleBin); 

Answer 2

You need to delve into unmanaged code. Here's a static class that I've been using:

public static class Recycle {     private const int FO_DELETE = 3;     private const int FOF_ALLOWUNDO = 0x40;     private const int FOF_NOCONFIRMATION = 0x0010;      [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Auto, Pack = 1)]     public struct SHFILEOPSTRUCT     {         public IntPtr hwnd;         [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)]         public int wFunc;         public string pFrom;         public string pTo;         public short fFlags;         [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]         public bool fAnyOperationsAborted;         public IntPtr hNameMappings;         public string lpszProgressTitle;     }      [DllImport("shell32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]     static extern int SHFileOperation(ref SHFILEOPSTRUCT FileOp);      public static void DeleteFileOperation(string filePath)     {         SHFILEOPSTRUCT fileop = new SHFILEOPSTRUCT();         fileop.wFunc = FO_DELETE;         fileop.pFrom = filePath + '\0' + '\0';         fileop.fFlags = FOF_ALLOWUNDO | FOF_NOCONFIRMATION;          SHFileOperation(ref fileop);     } } 

Addendum:

• Tsk tsk @ Jeff for "using Microsoft.VisualBasic" in C# code.
• Tsk tsk @ MS for putting all the goodies in VisualBasic namespace.