Permanently delete a file using shell object

[ayu_2403]

Local $oShell = ObjCreate("shell.application")
Local $oFolder = $oShell.Namespace($sFolderPath)
$oFolder.ParseName($sItemName).InvokeVerb("delete")

This code deletes the file, but does not do it permanently.Is there a way to modify this code so that it does it permanently.

[Jos]

Filedelete() ?

[ayu_2403]

On 6/28/2023 at 5:29 PM, Jos said:

Filedelete() ?

I know it about FileDelete @Jos 😀 ...but in my case i have to use the native delete method of windows.

[spudw2k]

Not sure why FileDelete doesn't suffice, but there is also a function in the WinAPI UDF you could look at in the Help File. 

_WinAPI_DeleteFile()

That's about as native as you can get.
https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/libfunctions/_WinAPI_DeleteFile.htm

 

If you really want or have to use a COM object to delete a file, you may be better suited to use Scripting.FileSystemObject.

Edited July 4, 2023 by spudw2k