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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