Re: How to create relative file paths. We may need to encrypt the name of the Windows folder so the spyware junk won't find it!



Cymbal Man Freq. wrote:
> Maybe when installing Windows, installing into a directory other than
> the default Windows folder would be appropriate? Say, installing into
> the "WindowsC" folder instead of the "Windows" folder, just slightly
> altering the name of the folder so that the spyware junk out there
> won't find the "Windows" folder flat-out; you could create a dummy
> folder called "Windows" for all the spyware to find nothing in it.
>
> We may need to encrypt the name of the Windows folder so the spyware
> junk won't find it!

Wouldn't help.. Environment variables contain your system directory and
much more..

Open a CMD prompt and type in:

SET

and press ENTER. See the environement variables that can be accessed by any
running application?

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