diff --git a/src/freedesktop.rs b/src/freedesktop.rs
index 02fdcb9..53c79d7 100644
--- a/src/freedesktop.rs
+++ b/src/freedesktop.rs
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ pub fn metadata(item: &TrashItem) -> Result<TrashItemMetadata, Error> {
     } else {
         TrashItemSize::Bytes(metadata.len())
     };
-    Ok(TrashItemMetadata { is_dir, size })
+    Ok(TrashItemMetadata { size })
 }
 
 /// The path points to:
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 2a36df7..a039985 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ impl Hash for TrashItem {
 }
 
 /// Size of a [`TrashItem`] in bytes or entries
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Ord, PartialOrd, Eq, PartialEq, Hash)]
 pub enum TrashItemSize {
     /// Number of bytes in a file
     Bytes(u64),
@@ -313,12 +313,28 @@ pub enum TrashItemSize {
     Entries(usize),
 }
 
+impl TrashItemSize {
+    /// The size of a file in bytes, if this item is a file.
+    pub fn size(&self) -> Option<u64> {
+        match self {
+            TrashItemSize::Bytes(s) => Some(*s),
+            TrashItemSize::Entries(_) => None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// The amount of entries in the directory, if this is a directory.
+    pub fn entries(&self) -> Option<usize> {
+        match self {
+            TrashItemSize::Bytes(_) => None,
+            TrashItemSize::Entries(e) => Some(*e),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Metadata about a [`TrashItem`]
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Ord, PartialOrd, Eq, PartialEq, Hash)]
 pub struct TrashItemMetadata {
-    /// True if the [`TrashItem`] is a directory, false if it is a file
-    pub is_dir: bool,
-    /// The size of the item, as a [`TrashItemSize`] enum
+    /// The size of the item, depending on whether or not it is a directory.
     pub size: TrashItemSize,
 }
 
diff --git a/src/windows.rs b/src/windows.rs
index cbe1c1c..12c1a82 100644
--- a/src/windows.rs
+++ b/src/windows.rs
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ impl From<windows::core::Error> for Error {
     }
 }
 
+fn to_wide_path(path: impl AsRef<OsStr>) -> Vec<u16> {
+    path.as_ref().encode_wide().chain(std::iter::once(0)).collect()
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone, Default, Debug)]
 pub struct PlatformTrashContext;
 impl PlatformTrashContext {
@@ -56,8 +60,7 @@ impl TrashContext {
 
             for full_path in full_paths.iter() {
                 let path_prefix = ['\\' as u16, '\\' as u16, '?' as u16, '\\' as u16];
-                let wide_path_container: Vec<_> =
-                    full_path.as_os_str().encode_wide().chain(std::iter::once(0)).collect();
+                let wide_path_container = to_wide_path(full_path);
                 let wide_path_slice = if wide_path_container.starts_with(&path_prefix) {
                     &wide_path_container[path_prefix.len()..]
                 } else {
@@ -129,7 +132,7 @@ pub fn list() -> Result<Vec<TrashItem>, Error> {
 
 pub fn metadata(item: &TrashItem) -> Result<TrashItemMetadata, Error> {
     ensure_com_initialized();
-    let id_as_wide: Vec<u16> = item.id.encode_wide().chain(std::iter::once(0)).collect();
+    let id_as_wide = to_wide_path(&item.id);
     let parsing_name = PCWSTR(id_as_wide.as_ptr());
     let item: IShellItem = unsafe { SHCreateItemFromParsingName(parsing_name, None)? };
     let is_dir = unsafe { item.GetAttributes(SFGAO_FOLDER)? } == SFGAO_FOLDER;
@@ -159,7 +162,7 @@ pub fn metadata(item: &TrashItem) -> Result<TrashItemMetadata, Error> {
         let item2: IShellItem2 = item.cast()?;
         TrashItemSize::Bytes(unsafe { item2.GetUInt64(&PKEY_Size)? })
     };
-    Ok(TrashItemMetadata { is_dir, size })
+    Ok(TrashItemMetadata { size })
 }
 
 pub fn purge_all<I>(items: I) -> Result<(), Error>
@@ -174,7 +177,7 @@ where
         let mut at_least_one = false;
         for item in items {
             at_least_one = true;
-            let id_as_wide: Vec<u16> = item.borrow().id.encode_wide().chain(std::iter::once(0)).collect();
+            let id_as_wide = to_wide_path(&item.borrow().id);
             let parsing_name = PCWSTR(id_as_wide.as_ptr());
             let trash_item: IShellItem = SHCreateItemFromParsingName(parsing_name, None)?;
             pfo.DeleteItem(&trash_item, None)?;
@@ -210,14 +213,12 @@ where
         let pfo: IFileOperation = CoCreateInstance(&FileOperation as *const _, None, CLSCTX_ALL)?;
         pfo.SetOperationFlags(FOF_NO_UI | FOFX_EARLYFAILURE)?;
         for item in items.iter() {
-            let id_as_wide: Vec<u16> = item.id.encode_wide().chain(std::iter::once(0)).collect();
+            let id_as_wide = to_wide_path(&item.id);
             let parsing_name = PCWSTR(id_as_wide.as_ptr());
             let trash_item: IShellItem = SHCreateItemFromParsingName(parsing_name, None)?;
-            let parent_path_wide: Vec<_> =
-                item.original_parent.as_os_str().encode_wide().chain(std::iter::once(0)).collect();
+            let parent_path_wide = to_wide_path(&item.original_parent);
             let orig_folder_shi: IShellItem = SHCreateItemFromParsingName(PCWSTR(parent_path_wide.as_ptr()), None)?;
-            let name_wstr: Vec<_> =
-                AsRef::<OsStr>::as_ref(&item.name).encode_wide().chain(std::iter::once(0)).collect();
+            let name_wstr = to_wide_path(&item.name);
 
             pfo.MoveItem(&trash_item, &orig_folder_shi, PCWSTR(name_wstr.as_ptr()), None)?;
         }