A desktop application built in C# to my customer. I want to protect my application from copy abuse. My application is contain both the .exe and db files. After deploying application user can...

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I'm going to release a desktop application built in C# to my customer. I want to protect my application from copy abuse. My application is a contain both the .exe . After deploying application user can easily copy deployment files and use them another machine. How can I prevent that?. Is there anyway I can bind the application to one machine?.

Posted 16-Feb-14 20:20pm

ShoaibMehsud

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Abhinav S · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-16T20:23:00

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You can prevent this by using an installer to add some keys in the registry.
Thus a user will not be able to use the same application in another location.

Posted 16-Feb-14 20:23pm

Abhinav S

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ShoaibMehsud 17-Feb-14 2:38am

installer meanz ??