Universal Path for RecycleBin (Check when modified)

Question

I'm trying to make a simple program that reads when the Recycle Bin was last modified the relevant code with follow:

DateTime lastModifiedRB = System.IO.File.GetLastWriteTime(@"C:\$Recycle.bin");
Console.WriteLIne("Recycle Bin was last modified at: " + lastModifiedRB.ToString();

There is an issue with this however as the directory: C:\$Recycle.Bin does not directly open the Recycle Bin itself so the reading is invalid.

Is there a universal path I can follow that would allow the program to read the actual date modified of the Recycle Bin?

Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance.

https://superuser.com/questions/556333/which-folder-is-recycle-bin-in-on-win7-how-to-check-files-there — Daniel A. White, Feb 25 '19 at 18:12

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 25 '19 at 18:33

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Fixed via adding

var user = WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().User;

At start of program, if fetches the SID of the user which then I added onto the end of the directory:

C:\$Recycle.Bin\ + user

answered Feb 25 '19 at 18:33

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Universal Path for RecycleBin (Check when modified)

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