Protect

ByteHide Shield Protect

Use the following command to get an overview of all ByteHide Shield Protect commands:

bytehide shield protect --help

Protection with configuration file

To protect an application with specific settings, you must use the protect command, this command will allow you to protect your application with the settings you want.

bytehide shield protect <APPLICATION PATH> <OUTPUT DIRECTORY PATH> -c <CONFIGURATION PATH>

Where:

• <APPLICATION PATH> it will be the full path of the application, i.e: c:\folder\app.exe
• <OUTPUT DIRECTORY PATH> it will be the directory where the protected application will be saved i.e:c:\folder\protected\app.exe .
• -c <CONFIGURATION PATH> it will be the full path of the Shield configuration, i.e: c:\folder\shield.config.json. Read about the settings in: Shield Configurations.
• -s <SIGNING PATH> it will be the full path of the signing certificate, i.e: c:\folder\certificate.snk
• -p <SIGNING PASSWORD> it will be the password of the signing certificate, i.e: password

An example would be:

bytehide shield protect "c:\folder\app.exe" "c:\folder\protected\app.exe" "c:\folder\shield.config.json"

An example with signing certificate would be:

bytehide shield protect "c:\folder\app.exe" "c:\folder\protected\app.exe" "c:\folder\shield.config.json" -s "c:\folder\certificate.snk" -p "password"

Protection without configuration file

If you want to protect an application without using a configuration file, you can use the --project-token and --preset command, this command will start an interactive flow asking you for the necessary values to protect your application.

An example would be:

bytehide shield protect "c:\folder\app.exe" "c:\folder\protected\app.exe" --project-token e34762f8-8ad6-0000-0000-000000000000 --preset "optimization"

An example with signing certificate would be:

bytehide shield protect "c:\folder\app.exe" "c:\folder\protected\app.exe" --project-token e34762f8-8ad6-0000-0000-000000000000 --preset "optimization" -s "c:\folder\certificate.snk" -p "password"

Where:

• <APPLICATION PATH> it will be the full path of the application, i.e: c:\folder\app.exe
• <OUTPUT DIRECTORY PATH> it will be the directory where the protected application will be saved i.e:c:\folder\protected\app.exe
• --project-token it will be the project token, i.e: e34762f8-8ad6-0000-0000-000000000000
• --preset it will be the preset to use, i.e: optimization
• -s <SIGNING PATH> it will be the full path of the signing certificate, i.e: c:\folder\certificate.snk
• -p <SIGNING PASSWORD> it will be the password of the signing certificate, i.e: password