This has to be easy! Tell a program not to open a file

Sarah Reichelt sarah.reichelt at gmail.com
Tue Apr 15 23:04:46 EDT 2008


> > Scott Kane posted that tip in July. ( It was "update.exe")
> >
> > http://www.mail-archive.com/use-revolution@lists.runrev.com/msg96909.html
> >
> > In one of my apps I now install the executable with a name of
> "update.exe" just so that it can set the registry on first run even if
> Vista uac is on. Then it changes its name to a more reasonable one  just
> before quitting the first run.
> >
>
>  Wow.  That's one of the scariest things I've read in a long time.
>
>  Was there anyone at the meetings which led to this decision who was over
> the age of six?


Oh I think they were all 12 or 13 and their little eyes lit up with
the thought of all they could do with this feature :-)

Sarah



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