[RESOLVED] deleting files/folders

does the 'kill' cmmand work for both files and folders??

Kill "C:\test.txt"

Kill "C:\folder1"

so the 2nd one would remove the folder1 alltogether?

Yes, but that won't send it to the recycle bin. If you want to then do this

VB Code:

Private Type SHFILEOPTSTRUCT
  hwnd As Long
  wFunc As Long
  pFrom As String
  pTo As String
  fFlags As Integer
  fAnyOperationsAborted As Long
  hNameMappings As Long
  lpszProgressTitle As Long
End Type
 
Private Declare Function SHFileOperation Lib "shell32.dll" _
  Alias "SHFileOperationA" (lpFileOp As SHFILEOPTSTRUCT) As Long
  
Private Const FO_DELETE = &H3
Private Const FOF_ALLOWUNDO = &H40
 
Private Sub cmdDel_Click()
    DeleteFileToRecycleBin (Desired Location)
End Sub
 
Public Sub DeleteFileToRecycleBin(Filename As String)
    Dim fop As SHFILEOPTSTRUCT
    With fop
      .wFunc = FO_DELETE
      .pFrom = Filename
      .fFlags = FOF_ALLOWUNDO
    End With
    SHFileOperation fop
End Sub

but also is:

Kill ("C:\MyTrashFiles")

same as..

Kill ("C:\MYTRASHFILES")

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