>Do you have the declare statement for this api function, and the possible
>syntax and parameter options? Or where I can get the information.

Look into MSDN.

>Also is there a way to cause an automatic empty of the recycle bin. I have an application that erases files that it has created leaving a 2 week backup, If all is well then I want to empty the recycle bin automatically so I don't run into a disk space problem.

Did you try to delete directly from the Recycle Bin directory?

Vlad