VBA to Recycle file or folder

SHFileOperationA function (shellapi.h)

Copies, moves, renames, or deletes a file system object. This function has been replaced in Windows Vista by IFileOperation.
Further reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/shellapi/nf-shellapi-shfileoperationa

Sub Test_FileSpec()
   Recycle "C:\somepath\file.ext"
End Sub

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'Sumitted by: @Husky Passion

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Option Explicit

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' Windows API functions, constants,and types.
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Private Declare PtrSafe Function SHFileOperation Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "SHFileOperationA" (lpFileOp As SHFILEOPSTRUCT) As LongPtr

Private Const FO_DELETE = &H3
Private Const FOF_ALLOWUNDO = &H40
Private Const FOF_NOCONFIRMATION = &H10
'Private Const MAX_PATH As Long = 260

Private Type SHFILEOPSTRUCT
    hWnd As LongPtr
    wFunc As LongPtr
    pFrom As String
    pTo As String
    fFlags As Integer
    fAnyOperationsAborted As Boolean
    hNameMappings As LongPtr
    lpszProgressTitle As String
End Type




Public Function Recycle(FileSpec As String, Optional ErrText As String) As Boolean
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' Recycle
' This function sends FileSpec to the Recycle Bin. There
' are no restriction on what can be recycled. FileSpec
' must be a fully qualified folder or file name on the
' local machine.
' The function returns True if successful or False if
' an error occurs. If an error occurs, the reason for the
' error is placed in the ErrText variable.
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Dim SHFileOp As SHFILEOPSTRUCT
Dim Res As LongPtr
Dim sFileSpec As String

ErrText = vbNullString
sFileSpec = FileSpec

If InStr(1, FileSpec, ":", vbBinaryCompare) = 0 Then
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    ' Not a fully qualified name. Get out.
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    ErrText = "'" & FileSpec & "' is not a fully qualified name on the local machine"
    Recycle = False
    Exit Function
End If

If Dir(FileSpec, vbDirectory) = vbNullString Then
    ErrText = "'" & FileSpec & "' does not exist"
    Recycle = False
    Exit Function
End If

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' Remove trailing '\' if required.
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If Right(sFileSpec, 1) = "\" Then
    sFileSpec = Left(sFileSpec, Len(sFileSpec) - 1)
End If

On Error Resume Next
With SHFileOp
    .wFunc = FO_DELETE
    .pFrom = sFileSpec
    '.fFlags = FOF_ALLOWUNDO
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    ' If you want to supress the
    ' "Are you sure?" message, use
    ' the following:
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    .fFlags = FOF_ALLOWUNDO + FOF_NOCONFIRMATION
End With

Res = SHFileOperation(SHFileOp)
If Res = 0 Then
    Recycle = True
Else
    Recycle = False
End If
Err.Clear: On Error GoTo 0
End Function

Option Explicit

Sub test1()

Kill "C:\Users\LP\Desktop\demo\file.txt"

End Sub


Sub test2()

Kill "C:\Users\LP\Desktop\demo\New Microsoft Excel Worksheet.xlsx"

End Sub


Sub test3()

Dim fsObj As New FileSystemObject
Dim strPath As String

strPath = "C:\Users\LP\Desktop\demo\sub1"

'If fsObj.FolderExists(strPath) = True Then
'   fsObj.DeleteFolder strPath
'End If
'
'
'fsObj.DeleteFile strPath & "\*.txt", True
'fsObj.DeleteFolder strPath & "\*.*", True


End Sub