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(Solved) - comand line instruction to empty recycle bin

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LarrySr
LarrySr
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I am writing a routine that requires me to empty the recycle bin. Is there a "command line" instruction that can empty the recycle bin?

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doctordeere
doctordeere
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You could use NirSoft's NirCmd to do that.

nircmd.exe emptybin

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html

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raphoenix
raphoenix
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Right Click Recycle Bin.

Choose Properties in menu.

Check Mark Box [ Do Not Move Files to Recycle Bin. Remove Files Immediately. ]

Do that for all storage drives.

Reboot.

Now all deletions will NOT go to Recycle Bin but will be deleted immediately from the disk.

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LarrySr
LarrySr
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This has to be a command that can be executed as part of a BASIC language program. This program will be doing a lot of other things also and the command will compiled as part of the overall program into an executable file. When specific test are passed it will then empty the recycle bin.

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ronniesonora
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Should be rd /s %systemdrive%\$Recycle.bin

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LarrySr
LarrySr
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ronniesonora; this will delete everything in the recycle bin and then it will attempt to delete the recycle bin which Windows will not permit and which I do not want to do.

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ronniesonora
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LarrySr, what os are you using?

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Lighthouse
Lighthouse
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You can delete the recycle bin. It will remake itself.

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LarrySr
LarrySr
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ronniesonora; I am running Windows 7 but I will be creating an exe that should run regardless of which os I am running.

Lighthouse; Windows will not let me delete the recycle bin. It gives me an "access denied" when I attempt to use the RD command on the recycle bin.

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Lighthouse
Lighthouse
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I just right click, and Take Ownership first.

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LarrySr
LarrySr
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Lighthouse; right click on what? How do I take ownership?

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Lighthouse
Lighthouse
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http://www.howtogeek.com/howto.....-in-vista/

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ronniesonora
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LarrySr, try this rd /s c:\$Recycle.Bin

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LarrySr
LarrySr
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Lighthouse; thanks for the link to the addon for "take ownership".

I took something from several of the suggestions above and I believe I have come up with a workable solution to my problem. Thanks everyone.

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