recycle-bin

Move files and folders to the Windows recycle bin

by sindresorhus

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74 stars 11 forks 4 contributorsActive · 1mo agoSince 2015 v2.1.1MIT

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By default, don't permanently delete when recycle bin doesn't existOpenIssue

I think that's a better default. We can add a flag to get back the old behavior. It seems like we can use the flag for this: Send a warning if a file or folder is being destroyed during a delete operation rather than recycled. This flag partially overrides FOF_NOCONFIRMATION. - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/shobjidl_core/nf-shobjidl_core-ifileoperation-setoperationflags It's not immediately clear what they mean by warning and how we could check for that though.

sindresorhus · 5y ago

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Windows recycle bin not refresh after delete operationClosedIssue

Steps To Reproduce Download release v2.1.0 Exec Folder is deleted, however the desktop icon of recycle bin is not refreshed (empty recycle bin) Right click it, in the menu, is not clickable Only after double-click to open it in file explorer will the whole thing refresh. Infos Windows 11 profession, 25H2, 26200.8655 I have tried to make a small mimc version using both and , none of them make recycle bin refresh. Also restart my computers, but did not work. I doubt some additional codes are needed to mannually refresh the recycle bin in newer versions of Win11, but can not figure it out.

Float-Moon · 1mo ago

v2.1.0 wildcard character ("*") cannot workClosedIssue

For example, my folder is like following: In v2.0.0, when I run , all the folders will be moved to recycle bin. However, it shows error in . Following is an example in (folders weren’t removed)

shiyou0130011 · 2mo ago

Fails silently when attempting to remove in-use directoryClosedIssue

If I run on a directory that is open elsewhere e.g. in an IDE, it will fail to do so but without any error output. Repro (PowerShell)

examosa · 6mo ago

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Repository: sindresorhus/recycle-bin. Description: Move files and folders to the Windows recycle bin Stars: 74, Forks: 11. Primary language: C. Languages: C (73.3%), Batchfile (26.7%). License: MIT. Latest release: v2.1.1 (1mo ago). Open PRs: 0, open issues: 1. Last activity: 1mo ago. Community health: 71%. Top contributors: sindresorhus, Qix-, kidonng, medusalix.