How to have an EXE file delete itself

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Both Windows 95 and NT provide mechanisms for doing just this.

Under Win95 you use the WinInit.ini file. Create a [rename] section and
put in entries like "NewName.txt=OldName.txt" to have files renamed, or
"nil=OldName.txt" to have them deleted. Windows will perform this at
the next boot.

Under Windows NT, the MoveFileEx function has a parameter that allows
you to defer the move (or delete) until the next boot. It stores the
list of files to be processed in the registry.

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2007-01-24, 20:14:27

anonymous from Vietnam

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