Save data in executable

Question

I have a portable executable that saves data to a file in the same folder as the executable. Is there any way that I can save data into the executable itself when I close the ap

Answer 1

Alternate data streams might work. By using the ::stream syntax you can create a data stream within your exe and read/write data. Edit: to create/access an alternate data stream, you will use a different filename. Something like: applicAtion.exe:settings:$data this will access a data stream named "settings" within application.exe. To do this you need to add the :settings:$data to the filename when reading or writing to the file. This functionality is provided by ntfs so it shold work in c# and should work when the application is running.

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