According to project creator, Virus Ecks, Photo Protect has suspeneded development indefinately. Re-establishment of development may or may not occur anytime soon.
As From Now
The Program Language Has been Changed to Visual Basic
That Allows for Extended Speed and Publication Rather Than vb.net As it requires .Net on the intended OS.
Any Further programming will be written in Visual Basic and it will be Self Contained Application as it doesn't require any other application extensions (.dll)s or Customized Controls (.ocx)s and the Primary Install will make it available to download the Directx 9.0c As it's the Main and only required Application for the Program to Work.
The Architecture of the Modules Have Been Changed From Normal Picture Renderer to More Advanced And Customized Renderer that Can Handle The Encrypted Pictures .