>I would like to be able to install exe's on local machines on a lan and then have upgrades to the exe's downloaded from the server automatically when I put a new version on the server. I know how to check for a newer version (using fdate()etc.) from my exe, but the exe cannot be running when the filecopy is done.
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>Is there a good way for a windows shortcut to do the checking and copying before running the exe?
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Hi Terry,

I've heard the following works, but must admit I have no experience with it. Further, depending on the directory structure it may not be feasible. What you (supposedly) can do is copy the exe into a new directory on the server, then simply rename the current executable to something else, then rename the directory containing the new executable to whatever the default directory name is. A couple of drawbacks of this is that any support files in the default directory have to be contained in the new one, plus the directory structure must be such that the relative pathing stays the same.

hth,