Using SHFileOperation: What errors are occuring
- by Sascha
Hello
I am using the function SHFileOperation() to send a file to the recycling bin. And I am getting 2 errors that I do not know what they mean because with this function the error codes are not GetLastError() values.
Now when the function SHFileOperation() fails the return values are 0x57 (decimal 87) & 0x2 (decimal 2). Can you help me discover the definitions of these errors (expecially when you consider with this function, the errors are not part of the GetLastError() codes).
Some important information:
• I am using Windows 7 (& I know that
MSDN says to use IFileOperation
instead of SHFileOperation but I want
to make my app backwards compatable
which is why I am using
SHFileOperation). If the error is
occuring because I am using
SHFileOperation on Windows 7 what
solution could I use to make this work
on all versions of windows from 2000 &
up?
• I have debugged extensively & as far
as I know my SHFILEOPSTRUCT is correct
(correct flags used, .pFrom is a
double-null ended string). One thing I
know for sure is that my path to the
file is correct (leads to a real file
& it correctly formatted).
• About 2/5 times the
SHFileOperation() works, meaning it
sends the file to the recycle bin &
does not returns an error
BOOL result;
SHFILEOPSTRUCT fileStruct;
fileStruct.hwnd = hwnd;
fileStruct.wFunc = FO_DELETE;
fileStruct.pFrom = dest.c_str();
fileStruct.fFlags = FOF_FILESONLY; // FOF_ALLOWUNDO
fileStruct.fAnyOperationsAborted = result;
// Call operation(delete file)
int success = SHFileOperation( &fileStruct );
// if delete was successful
if ( success != 0 )
{
printf( "%s \t %X %d \n", dest.c_str(), success, success );
cout << result << endl;
MessageBox( hwnd, "Failed to delete file", "Error", MB_OK|MB_ICONERROR );
return;
}
