Update free space amount displayed in Windows Explorer

Question

how to update free space amount displayed in Windows Explorer for a drive ?

Suppose Windows Explorer is opened and some files are deleted programmatically. Windows Explorer will not be refreshed to show the new free space available.

So, I tried to use SHChangeNotify like this (Delphi code) :

ws := 'C:\';
SHChangeNotify (SHCNE_FREESPACE, SHCNF_PATH, PWideChar(ws), nil); 

but it doesn't update values reported in "Windows Explorer".

Please help.

Answer 1

If you are using Delphi 7, then SHCNF_PATH will map to the ANSI version, SHCNF_PATHA. In which case passing PWideChar is wrong. Write it like this:

var
  Drive: string;
....
Drive := 'C:\';
SHChangeNotify(SHCNE_FREESPACE, SHCNF_PATH, PChar(Drive), nil);

Or, if you prefer to use the Unicode version, then you need to use SHCNF_PATHW.

var
  Drive: WideString;
....
Drive := 'C:\';
SHChangeNotify(SHCNE_FREESPACE, SHCNF_PATHW, PWideChar(Drive), nil);