XPost: comp.lang.basic.visual   
   From: otie_nospam@adelphia.net   
      
   >> What Rick asked was data being moved due to defrag not delete or   
   reinstall.   
      
   No, not defrag.   
      
   >> If you want to detect delete and reinstall wouldn't   
   checking the time and date be the easiest approach?   
      
   It is not secure. Anyone can change the date and time back to whatever   
   again.   
      
   >> For the defrag, that gets tricky since you will need to get the file   
   alocation table info.   
      
   I think that's what I want. How do I access the FAT info? The system has to   
   do it in order to find files in the first place. I just don't know if VB can   
   do it.   
      
      
      
      
      
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   >> Yes - or deletes the file, then recreates it due to reinstallation. I   
   >> want   
   >> to be able to see if a person has reinstalled a file by seeing if the   
   >> .exe   
   >> has actually been put  in a different place on the hard drive.   
   >>   
   >   
   > No.. that would be TWO ENTIRELY different events.   
   >   
   > What Rick asked was data being moved due to defrag not delete or   
   > reinstall. If you want to detect delete and reinstall wouldn't   
   > checking the time and date be th easiest approach?   
   >   
   > For the defrag, that gets tricky since you will need to get the file   
   > alocation table info.   
   >   
   >   
      
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