# Protecting .exes and xmls

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/protecting-exes-and-xmls/224263>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 30, 2007, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/protecting-exes-and-xmls/224263 "2007-04-30T18:31:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![rapier\_gv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@rapier\_gv](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rapier_gv)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/protecting-exes-and-xmls/224263/1 "2007-04-30T18:31:23Z")

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ok, first of all sorry if i posted this in the wrong place, i didn’t know where to post

i have a possibly moronic question to ask you guys. here’s the deal: i have this swf compiled as .exe in zinc. this main exe launches separate swfs also compiled as .exes, which also use xmls.

i was wondering if there is some way i can protect the secondary exes and xmls, so they would somehow be stored into a protected file or something, but can still be accessed by the main exe.

now if i’m right, .dat files store a lots of file types, i know that they can store music among other things, so my question is if i can store my files into a .dat file.

any other suggestions are greatly appreciated too :thumb:

i hope the question isn’t that stupid. thanks!