How to show FileSystem.DeleteFile dialog as top most or set the parent/owner?

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When I call the following line, the dialog will show behind any floating dialogs, so I need to be able to set it to top most, or at least set the owner:

FileSystem.DeleteFile(someString, UIOption.AllDialogs, RecycleOption.SendToRecycleBin);

Unfortunately, I haven't found anything online that suggests this is doable. I understand I can create my own window and call into the API directly, but first I wanted to know if there was a way for all FileSystem dialogs to show topmost.

maybe set topmost on the window that calls deletefile then set it back again. the delete file dialog comes from windows itself its not like openfiledialog or savefiledialog — RadioSpace, Apr 01 '14 at 22:32
I already have a window that calls the line above. I've set the window to top most, it doesn't make a difference. Either way it's showing behind the window right now (between the window and the MainWindow). — jsirr13, Apr 01 '14 at 22:50
Are you referring to the VB compat `Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO` namespace? — Ben Voigt, Apr 24 '14 at 22:19
The native COM interface, [`IFileOperation`](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb775771.aspx) supports an owner window for the progress dialogs. — Ben Voigt, Apr 24 '14 at 22:24
Yeah that's the namespace we are using. I'll look into IFileOperation — jsirr13, Apr 24 '14 at 23:37

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:28

No answer, so I just set the messagebox parent to the form that's calling Show and just made API calls to recycle the deleted file:

            string message = string.Format("Are you sure you want to move '{0}' to the recycling bin?", Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(path));
            var result = MessageBox.Show(this, message, @"Move To Recycling Bin?", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo, MessageBoxIcon.Warning);
            if (result == DialogResult.Yes)
            {
                Send(path, FileOperationFlags.FOF_NOCONFIRMATION | FileOperationFlags.FOF_NOERRORUI | FileOperationFlags.FOF_SILENT);
            }

Where the method "send" is part of a wrapper class exposed here

How to show FileSystem.DeleteFile dialog as top most or set the parent/owner?

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