...get the number of Files in the Recycle Bin and their total size?

Author: Björn Kriedemann 

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type

  PSHQueryRBInfo = ^TSHQueryRBInfo;

  TSHQueryRBInfo = packed record

    cbSize: DWORD;

    // Size of the structure, in bytes.

    // This member must be filled in prior to calling the function.

    i64Size: Int64;

    // Total size of all the objects in the specified Recycle Bin, in bytes.

    i64NumItems: Int64;

    // Total number of items in the specified Recycle Bin.

  end;

 

const

  shell32 = 'shell32.dll';

 

function SHQueryRecycleBin(szRootPath: PChar; SHQueryRBInfo: PSHQueryRBInfo): HResult;

  stdcall; external shell32 Name 'SHQueryRecycleBinA';

 

function GetDllVersion(FileName: string): Integer;

var

  InfoSize, Wnd: DWORD;

  VerBuf: Pointer;

  FI: PVSFixedFileInfo;

  VerSize: DWORD;

begin

  Result   := 0;

  InfoSize := GetFileVersionInfoSize(PChar(FileName), Wnd);

  if InfoSize <> 0 then

  begin

    GetMem(VerBuf, InfoSize);

    try

      if GetFileVersionInfo(PChar(FileName), Wnd, InfoSize, VerBuf) then

        if VerQueryValue(VerBuf, '\', Pointer(FI), VerSize) then

          Result := FI.dwFileVersionMS;

    finally

      FreeMem(VerBuf);

    end;

  end;

end;

 

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);

var

  DllVersion: integer;

  SHQueryRBInfo: TSHQueryRBInfo;

  r: HResult;

begin

  DllVersion := GetDllVersion(PChar(shell32));

  if DllVersion >= $00040048 then

  begin

    FillChar(SHQueryRBInfo, SizeOf(TSHQueryRBInfo), #0);

    SHQueryRBInfo.cbSize := SizeOf(TSHQueryRBInfo);

    R := SHQueryRecycleBin(nil, @SHQueryRBInfo);

    if r = s_OK then

    begin

      label1.Caption := Format('Size:%d Items:%d',

        [SHQueryRBInfo.i64Size, SHQueryRBInfo.i64NumItems]);

    end

    else

      label1.Caption := Format('Err:%x', [r]);

  end;

end;

 

{

 

The SHQueryRecycleBin API used in this method is

only available on systems with the latest shell32.dll installed with IE4 /

Active Desktop.

 

}