[OT] invisible files on Windows

[Ken Ray]

Sorry about that... (darn emailer!)

Anyway, I was going to suggest that depending on the size of the movie, you
could keep it compressed on the CD with a different file extension and
decompress it to play it. This way, although it might be accessible, (a) it
doesn't look like anything anyone would want, and (b) even if they did
"copy" it, the wouldn't know what to do with it (unless they're a real
expert and can look at the first bytes of the file to determine it's a .gz
file).

Just my $.02,

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Gaskin" <ambassador at fourthworld.com>
To: <metacard at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 1:16 PM
Subject: Re: [OT] invisible files on Windows


> Scott Rossi wrote:
>
> > Recently, "Richard Gaskin"  wrote:
> >
> >> I can turn a file invisible on Mac OS and OS X, but how do I make a
file
> >> invisible on Windows?  I need to be able to do this for a
cross-platform CD.
> >
> > INVISIBLE FILES?  YOU?  Mr. "I never hide files from the user" Gaskin???
> >
> > (just kidding :-)
>
> Only on a CD; never on the user's system (at least not in my office).
>
> > I am not a Windows expert, nor do I play one on TV.  That being said, I
> > think you will run into a problem with simply making the file invisible
due
> > to the "Do not show hidden files" preference under the Folder Options
menu.
>
> That seems to be the case.
>
> Any other tips for preventing the copying of QT media from a CD?  It
doesn't
> have to be capable of stopping an experienced hacker type, just enough to
> make it at least inconvenient or unobvious for the average user.
>
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