I'll definitely give it a try when I get home thanks for the tip.
UPDATE: Anyone reading this in the future for reference, if you do want to read and write to text files, don't include them in the packing, or you'll get an invalid stream error. Just leave them out of the .exe and everything will work as planned.
UPDATE: Anyone reading this in the future for reference, if you do want to read and write to text files, don't include them in the packing, or you'll get an invalid stream error. Just leave them out of the .exe and everything will work as planned.