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How can I tell that a directory is really a recycle bin?

September 18, 2008 Sep 18, 2008 09/18/08

Raymond Chen

Here's a question inspired by an actual customer question: I need a function that, given a path, tells me whether it is a Recycle Bin folder. I tried using functions like SHGetSpecialFolderPath with CSIDL_BITBUCKET, but that doesn't work because the Recycle Bin is a virtual folder that is the union of the Recycle Bins of all drives. The ...