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From: Curt
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 08:47

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I have an application with a (half working) automatic update feature.  When
requested, the app goes to a web site and downloads any updated files to a
temporary directory on the PC.  My problem is that I can't find a way to
reliably install the updates because the application itself has a lock on
the underlying executable file.  I've thought of firing up a script which
sleeps for a few seconds in order to allow the application to exit but that
doesn't seem like the best solution.

Ideally, I would like to close the application, update the files and then
automatically restart the updated application.

Thanks,
Curt

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