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How do I restore a file from the recycle bin using C#?
Someone knows how to restore files from recycle bin using C# with the Windows API?.
Possible Duplicate:
How do I restore a file from the recycle bin using C#?
Someone knows how to restore files from recycle bin using C# with the Windows API?.
This link can help you
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.IO;
using Shell32; //Reference Microsoft Shell Controls And Automation on the COM tab.
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO;
namespace RecyclerCS
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1() {
InitializeComponent();
}
private Shell Shl;
private const long ssfBITBUCKET = 10;
private const int recycleNAME = 0;
private const int recyclePATH = 1;
private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) {
string S = "This is text in the file to be restored from the Recycle Bin.";
string FileName = "C:\\Temp\\Text.txt";
File.WriteAllText(FileName, S);
Delete(FileName);
MessageBox.Show(FileName + " has been moved to the Recycle Bin.");
if (Restore(FileName))
MessageBox.Show(FileName + " has been restored");
else
MessageBox.Show("Error");
Marshal.FinalReleaseComObject(Shl);
}
private void Delete(string Item) {
FileSystem.DeleteFile(Item, UIOption.OnlyErrorDialogs, RecycleOption.SendToRecycleBin);
//Gives the most control of dialogs.
}
private bool Restore(string Item) {
Shl = new Shell();
Folder Recycler = Shl.NameSpace(10);
for (int i = 0; i < Recycler.Items().Count; i++) {
FolderItem FI = Recycler.Items().Item(i);
string FileName = Recycler.GetDetailsOf(FI, 0);
if (Path.GetExtension(FileName) == "") FileName += Path.GetExtension(FI.Path);
//Necessary for systems with hidden file extensions.
string FilePath = Recycler.GetDetailsOf(FI, 1);
if (Item == Path.Combine(FilePath, FileName)) {
DoVerb(FI, "ESTORE");
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
private bool DoVerb(FolderItem Item, string Verb) {
foreach (FolderItemVerb FIVerb in Item.Verbs()) {
if (FIVerb.Name.ToUpper().Contains(Verb.ToUpper())) {
FIVerb.DoIt();
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
}
}
Take a look at this project over here : Codeproject