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I added a Setup Project to my existing Project to make a Setup out of it. Can I protect this Setup.exe with a password before you can install it? I'm using Visual Studio 2010.

Sakul
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  • Why don't you just zip the setup and add a password to the zip file? – MS_SP Aug 16 '13 at 09:30
  • Because I would like to protect the Setup itself. Because as soon as you unzip it with the password and some gets access to it there is no further protection. But looks like I have to use a different programm/method. But thanks MS_SP @Save – Sakul Aug 16 '13 at 09:42
  • what you could do is create a dummy form where you have a textbox for the password. if the passwort is correct, just start the setup.exe from code-behind... – LeonidasFett Aug 16 '13 at 11:31

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As far as I know the answer is no, you can't.

As suggested in the comments, you could just zip the whole setup and protect that with a password, or use some other third part encryption tool to do so if using winzip is not an option.

The problem with this approach is that, once one person has the key, they can create how many clear copies they want; if that's a problem, you may want to look into some other way to protect your program from piracy.

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try the following link , if not late

http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/659367/Password-Dialog-for-Visual-Studio-Deployment-Proje

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