>>The answer is: proxy server which cached files.
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>Backtracked and it confirms what you say. The "new timestamp but old version" happens in the FTP step. Wasn't aware that they have a proxy but yes, it's quite possible and in normal circumstances this, ahem, feature may even be helpful. Thanks for the sanity check!
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>Now to the next problem...

Hmm, what is folder for the exe?

MartinaJ