How to get list of files from recycle bin for the volume/disk that was mounted?

Question

Usually people get list of files inside the Recycle Bin using Shell32.dll.

private static IEnumerable<string> GetRecycleBinFilenames()
{
    const int ssfBitbucket = 10;
    Type t = Type.GetTypeFromProgID("Shell.Application");
    dynamic shell = Activator.CreateInstance(t);
    Folder recycleBin = shell.NameSpace(ssfBitbucket);

    foreach (FolderItem2 recfile in recycleBin.Items())
    {
        yield return recfile.Path;
    }

    Marshal.FinalReleaseComObject(shell);
}

I am mounting a VHDX file and want to get a list of files from the Recycle Bin on a mounted external disk/volume. How can I do this?

Which recycle bin? There are potentially many. – David Heffernan May 11 '16 at 20:31 — David Heffernan, May 11 '16 at 20:31
You can filter on the Path. – Raymond Chen May 11 '16 at 21:34 — Raymond Chen, May 11 '16 at 21:34

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 27 '18 at 05:26

As @RaymondChen suggested you can filter based on the Path property, which contains the current path of the deleted item...

foreach (FolderItem2 recfile in recycleBin.Items())
{
    if (Path.GetPathRoot(recfile.Path) == "X:\\")
        yield return recfile.Path;
}

You could also retrieve the path of the directory from which the item was deleted and filter the same way...

const int BitBucketItem_OriginalParentPath = 1;

foreach (FolderItem2 recfile in recycleBin.Items())
{
    string originalParentPath = recycleBin.GetDetailsOf(recfile, BitBucketItem_OriginalParentPath);

    if (Path.GetPathRoot(originalParentPath) == "X:\\")
        yield return recfile.Path;
}

...however if the item was deleted through a junction/symlink then originalParentPath will contain the drive of the junction/symlink, which is not necessarily the drive storing the deleted item.

How to get list of files from recycle bin for the volume/disk that was mounted?

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