Hi, for my future programs i would like to learn how can i protect my applications. My idea is that when i install my program on the client computer, the program should only work when a specific USB is inserted on the same computer (that contains some.. hmm files? (later more)). Lets say i have gave him a calculator made by me (just a simple example), well when he opens it i want first to check if the correct USB is plugged and if it contains the right informations in it (something like a secret code?)...
Well i think that is it for now, if i think of something more I'll let you know..
Thanks in forward.
P.S. I am working on C# in VisualStudio 2008..
P.P.S. I hope i am not asking too much, and if i wasn't understandable enough, please tell me so (i ll try to be as much as I can :))
Edit:
Well this is what i am thinking now. I can put a simple text file in the USB drive, with some code written in it (e.g. 89asd70a98d), and when the programs run it will open the text file from the usb and check if it is as it should be.. Now cause i wouldn't like that text file to be accessed by others, i could simply hide this file (so far i come to this free software
winmend, if you have used any other softwares that hide files on the usb and are satisfied by it, please share it with me :)). But now i would not know how to determine the real path of the usb, cause sometime it can be d:\ e:\ etc.. Is there a way with using a code to determine on what usb is the file? (as there could be inserted more then one usb at the same time..)
Thanks again :)
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