How do I restore a file from the recycle bin using C#?

Question

Moving files to the recycle bin and emptying the recycle bin are well documented, but how can a file be programmatically restored from the recycle bin?

Answer 1

Hope below code will work to restore the files. Please make sure, STA Calls only supported for shell calls

     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;
    using System.Threading;


 private static void Restore(object param)
    {
        object[] args = (object[])param;
        string filename = (string)args[0];
        string filepath = (string)args[1];


        Shl = new Shell();
        Folder Recycler = Shl.NameSpace(10);
        var c = Recycler.Items().Count;

        var _recycler = Recycler.Items();
        for (int i = 0; i < _recycler.Count; i++)
        {
            FolderItem FI = _recycler.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 (filepath == Path.Combine(FilePath, FileName))
            {
                DoVerb(FI, "ESTORE");
                break;                 
            }
        }        
    }

    private static 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;
    }