How to protect one exe between two in c# .net windows application?

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Hello,

How to protect one exe between two in c# .net windows application?

I am running other exe from my .net application.
I need, other exe should not be run directly from application directory.
It should run only through .net application.

How can we protect other exe using c# .net windows application?

Please help me.

Thanks in Advance.

Ankit Agarwal
Software Engineer

Posted 2-Jun-14 23:54pm

ankit.agg1984

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Prasad Avunoori 3-Jun-14 5:56am

You mean the user should able to run the exe from .net only, right?

[no name] 3-Jun-14 6:00am

Ya, Right.

[no name] 3-Jun-14 6:00am

only main exe, other exe should not be run directly.

Prasad Avunoori 3-Jun-14 6:04am

You are supposed to pass the command line arguments to the first exe from main exe. If that argument is valid then run the first exe, otherwise dont.

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Prasad Avunoori · Answer 1 · 2014-06-03T00:02:00

Solution 1

In first exe do the following stuff:

C#

static void Main(string[] args)
{
   
    if(args[0]=="someValuePassedFromSecondeExe")
    {
      Console.WriteLine("Welcome to exe 1")   
    }
  else 
   {  
   Console.WriteLine("Sorry!, you can run this exe1 from exe 2 only.")   
   }
}

Posted 3-Jun-14 0:02am

Prasad Avunoori

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[no name] 3-Jun-14 6:08am

Where is write the code?

Prasad Avunoori 3-Jun-14 6:16am

search your first exe's project with "static void Main", there you need to write the above code. Replace Console.Write() with some MessageBox.Show(). While you are calling exe1 from Main exe. you need to pass some arguments.

Prasad Avunoori 3-Jun-14 6:17am

Read this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16029939/passing-arguments-one-by-one-one-in-console-exe-by-c-sharp-code

*Suvabrata Roy* · Answer 2 · 2014-06-03T00:22:00

Hi Ankit,

Here is a another secure way to solve your problem : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-IN/library/ms173139(v=vs.80).aspx[^]

But I wonder why you required that if you want to run it under your Exe only then please build it as a assembly and attach to your application.

If you have any difficulty to understand above example then please comment.

Thanks,
Suvabrata