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I didn't do this, but was the one who figured out what happened. I guy wrote an installation utility for internal use to automate certain software setups. Part of the program had to clear out a certain directory, where you had to enter the name of the directory. Problem was, if you leave that field blank (the default), it converted into c:\ and people would run it, and it would wipe out their hard drive. After finding the problem, I told only the guy who did it, and no one else. I didn't have the heart to destroy his reputation by telling everyone what had done it. I SHOULD HAVE let the chips fall where they may, because I needed to be sure NO ONE ever ran that EXE "utility" again. They figured it out pretty quick, but nobody really knew the true problem but me and the guy who wrote the bug!



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