Im not an expert on this, but as far as i know decrypting and rebuilding the .exes manually is a lot of work and takes up huge amounts of time which most people just dont have.
However, if you want to learn how to do that stuff start with the easiest of protections, cd checks, and work your way up through the older commercial protections (in case you havent done that already). I know there are tutorials out there for them. You will most likely meet people with knowledge you are looking for on the way.
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Originally posted by HughBackov
if you didn't have to play the game using the original, then it would be MUCH less likely to get damaged. You could store it in a fire-proof safe and only bring it out to decrypt the latest update. Eventually development of a game ceases (usually no more than a year after release) and then the original CD is no longer needed for updates either. So, if it gets damaged at that point, there is no loss because the deprotected files can be backed up.
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Well, thats a possibility, but i was thinking of a worst case scenario when writing my post.