sindresorhus/recycle-bin

By default, don't permanently delete when recycle bin doesn't exist

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#8 opened on Dec 18, 2020

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I think that's a better default. We can add a flag to get back the old behavior.

It seems like we can use the FOF_WANTNUKEWARNING flag for this:

Send a warning if a file or folder is being destroyed during a delete operation rather than recycled. This flag partially overrides FOF_NOCONFIRMATION. - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/shobjidl_core/nf-shobjidl_core-ifileoperation-setoperationflags

It's not immediately clear what they mean by warning and how we could check for that though.

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Investigate the FOF WANTNUKEWARNING flag for IFileOperation to prevent permanent deletion when the recycle bin is missing. Implement a check and add a flag for the old behavior.
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