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Subject: Re: Hidden information on harddisk

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 07:09:45 10/15/98

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On October 14, 1998 at 02:52:46, Georg Langrath wrote:

>There is a lot of programs which can be used only a couple of days, like
>downloaded Rebel 10. As you often can´t reuse them after reinstalling there must
>be hidden information on harddisk. Is it right to hide information on my
>harddisk that will be left there for ever? Can I be sure that it doesn´t harm
>other programs in any way?
>
>Of course you can choose not to use them, but that wasn´t the question.
>
>Georg

I would hope that *no* program/programmer would be so obnoxious as to
write oddball files into oddball directories, to make them difficult to
find.  IE if you create a directory "XX" and install something there,
creating hidden files would be fine, *in* directory XX or any sub-directory
under it.  But putting a hidden file in say the \windows or \windows\system
directory ought to be a hanging offense everywhere in the world...



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