Protect contents of a Script or batch file from being read.

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Please, how best can I prevent the contents of a valuable proprietary Windows
NT Script file (.cmd) or MS-DOS Batch file (.bat) which I have written from
being read by unauthorized end users?

Thank you.
 
bayot said:
Please, how best can I prevent the contents of a valuable
proprietary Windows NT Script file (.cmd) or MS-DOS Batch file
(.bat) which I have written from being read by unauthorized end
users?
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In reality?

Don't use batch/cmd scripts. They are scripts, made to be read/interpretted
by the OS - they are basically text files and anythig you do to 'protect
them' is really more trouble than it is worth and futile in the end.
 
Thank you very much. Unfortunately, the special application I am developing
demands that I must use a cmd script, please.
 
bayot said:
Please, how best can I prevent the contents of a valuable proprietary
Windows
NT Script file (.cmd) or MS-DOS Batch file (.bat) which I have written
from
being read by unauthorized end users?

Thank you.
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Why not convert the batch file into an executable file?
I searched with "compile a batch file" and found this at the top of the
list: http://www.abyssmedia.com/quickbfc/

There may be other programs that suite your needs better, I have not tried
them.
 
bayot said:
Thank you very much. Unfortunately, the special application I am
developing
demands that I must use a cmd script, please.
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Can you use a script that just calls an executable that can't be read?

HTH
-pk
 
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