Then why not use the security features the OS puts in place for these purposes instead of an in-memory hack? If parents are worried about kids on the computer, the kids shouldn't have admin rights, right?
∞ Andy Badera ∞ This email is: [ ] bloggable [x] ask first [ ] private ∞ Google me: http://www.google.com/search?q=(andrew+badera)+OR+(andy+badera) On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 5:19 AM, Marcus<[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for this answer. I will probably use Maslevskiy's code together > with a FileSystemWatcher instead of a timer, and I am tempted to use a > windows service for this sabotage protection utility, so thanks for > that link aswell. > > As I said to Maslevskiy, I am NOT writing a virus, but a parental > software. > > thanks again! > > On 29 Aug, 11:52, Velsankar <[email protected]> wrote: >> Use FileSystemWatcher to watch a file instead of timer >> >> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.filesystemwatcher.aspx >> >> Use windows service to start the >> process.http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/filewatcherwinservicecsha.aspx >> >> Rgds, >> Velsankar >> >> On Aug 29, 1:38 pm, Marcus <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> > Hello >> >> > I need to store a small exe file in memory. I want to do this because >> > I want some sabotage protection in my app. If the user removes this >> > essential file from the harddrive, my app will not work the next time >> > it is to be launched. >> >> > So I want to read this exe file into memory initially when my program >> > starts up. Then I will use a timer that at some interval checks if >> > this file is present on the file system. If not, then my app writes it >> > back from memory to the harddrive. >> >> > Could someone please give an example how to do this. It should be a >> > pretty small piece of could I reccon, but I can not figure it out. >> >> > Thanks- Dölj citerad text - >> >> - Visa citerad text - >
