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FileSystemWatcher not reporting files in folder moved to Recycle Bin?

  1. #1


    Rich in Soquel Guest

    FileSystemWatcher not reporting files in folder moved to Recycle Bin?

    We're running a FileSystemWatcher with Subdirectories included.
    Suppose that in the watch path, there's a folder called "Duh"
    containing files. If we delete the folder Duh, we get notified about
    the deletion of each file in Duh. If instead we send Duh to the
    Recycle Bin, we get notified about "Duh", but not the files inside Duh
    that were removed.

    This can't be the design, can it? Anyone have any idea what to do?
    At the time of the notificaiton about "Duh", the folder and all the
    files are already gone, so we can't look at them any other way that we
    can think of.

    Thnx



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  2. #2


    Rich in Soquel Guest

    Re: FileSystemWatcher not reporting files in folder moved to RecycleBin?

    Also: If we use Windows Explorer to Copy and Paste a folder
    containing files of the type we're watching, then we get notified on
    each file. On one system, if instead we perform Cut then Paste, we're
    not notified about the files created by the Paste? Has anyone else
    seen weird behaviour like this? [All test systems are running WinXP
    Service Pack 2]



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