The <program name>.cm file can be in a number of possible locations.

From release 46 of the .cm file onwards, CopyMinder looks in the following locations for the .cm file: 

1. If there is a <program name>.cm.ini file in the same folder as the protected program and it contains a Path variable, then it will look for the .cm file in that path.  
2. If the API method of protection was used and the CM_SetPath function has been called then it will look in the specified path.
3. It will look in ProgramPath, i.e. the path containing your protected program
4. It will look in ProgramPathcm where ProgramPath is the path containing your protected program
5. It will look in APPDATADIDProdCodecm where APPDATA is a variable specified in the Windows Environment, did is your unique CopyMinder Developer ID and ProdCode is the Product Code you specified for this product (e.g. C:Documents and SettingsUser1Application DataAABCcm).
6. It will look in ALLUSERSPROFILEdidProdCodecm where ALLUSERSPROFILE is a variable specified in the Windows Environment, did is your unique CopyMinder Developer ID and ProdCode is the Product Code you specified for this product (e.g. C:ProgramDataAABCcm).