list filenames in the recyclebin with c# without using any external files

Question

I would like to have a function which retrieves me the filenames in the recycle bin (on win 7) with usage of c# code. The framework seems nothing to contain to achieve this.

Answer 1

If you add a reference C:\Windows\System32\Shell32.dll to in your application you can easily access the filenames of the files in the Recyle Bin

Example:

    using Shell32;

    public IEnumerable<string> GetRecycleBinFilenames()
    {
        Shell shell = new Shell();
        Folder recycleBin = shell.NameSpace(10);

        foreach (FolderItem2 recfile in recycleBin.Items())
        {
            // Filename
            yield return recfile.Name;

            // full recyclepath
            // yield return recfile.Path;
        }

        Marshal.FinalReleaseComObject(shell);
    }

If the extra file created bothers you you can embed it in the executable