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Article #5661Updating Application
From: Mike King
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 17:54
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 17:54
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How can I make a program that updates it's self? In other words, it will need to download the new EXE then replace the old one with the new one, but I can't modify a running program. How is this done?
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