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Below is a line from a script designed to be launched from the Explorer shell menu that deletes files to the Recycle Bin. If launched from clicking on a folder, this will delete all files/folders inside that folder.



The problem is when this line is executed when the path variable is empty - I've ran this script from different locations (up to five subdirectories deep) and the pattern is the same in that it deletes all the files located at the drive root ie x:\ and some but not all folders. Is this to be expected?

ahk 1.0.30.02
win2k sp4

ps - If you are going to test this, empty your Recycle Bin first, and check it after running this once.

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That filepattern would only match folders that had a period in their names. If you want to truly purge the directory, try %1%\* instead. (braindump)

I'm assuming you mean the %1% variable and not %Path%.

It might just be what Jonny says, but I've also looked over the code and it's not doing anything unusual. In fact, all it's doing is calling a function built into Windows Explorer, which you can read about here in case you spot something ususual that I missed: SHFILEOPSTRUCT Structure

Thanks for the tip Jonny, I'll try that now. Fwiw, none of the folders it deleted here had a period in their names. I can't see a predictable pattern other than deleting files at the root of the drive. Surely *.* should delete files in the folder in which the script was executed from? Perhaps the / changes the directory level somehow.

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A leading backslash does indeed refer to the root of the current drive. Therefore, if %1% is blank, the wildcard pattern would be \*.*, which refers to the root of the current working directory's drive. Sorry I missed that before.

Maybe using a forward slash (/) rather than a backslash (\) is what's causing the problem.

Using a forwardslash produces the same delete pattern as a backslash, so it doesn't appear to make a difference.

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May be I can help if I knew a little more from your code.

Please post, not all but a little more code is needed before a suggestion can be made

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The EmptyFolder script is actually very small:

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Strange..
"FileRecycle, %1%" seems to be working for me with files and folders.

Maybe bugfix in recent update?

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When you say working, do you mean it deletes files/folders? Does it delete anything when the %1% variable is empty?

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If %1% is blank it doesn't delete anything. If %1% contains files, folders, or multiple files/folders it just recycles them all. Is this what you wanted or are you having problems with it? Remember to check other parts of your script if anything to see if it's interfearing with it.

FileRecycle, %1%

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Thanks for clarifying. The problem I was getting was with this line:



When the %1% was empty I was getting strange delete patterns.

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