I want to delete all files in RECYCLER.

Don't want give all disks, a directories, search all files here and delete their. I want get a API command "Empty RECYCLER.". How i do that?

Sergey:
Try the attached example. Roberto has already laid it out for you. You need to add shell32.lib to your project, #include windows.h and shellapi.h in your .c file, and call SHEmptyRecycleBin().
From your previous posts, it sounds like you already have the Windows SDK/Win32 API installed, but if this wasn't done correctly or completely, you'll have problems. Also make sure that you're using the SDK that came with CVI and not one that came with some other product like Visual Studio.
Here's all the code, but I also included the .c and .prj files to make it easier.
#include <windows.h>
#include <userint.h>
#include <shellapi.h>
main()
HRESULT emptyResult;
emptyResult = SHEmptyRecycleBin(NULL, NULL, 0);
if (emptyResult != S_OK)
MessagePopup ("Recycle Bin Error", "Error emptying recycle bin");
Attachments:
EmptyRecycle.c ‏1 KB
EmptyRecycle.zip ‏2 KB

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