>>>>MS intent is to have the main exe launched directly. Updates would be a separate thing. Anyone have alternative suggestions?
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>>>Mike, I don't know if this can be of help, but in our setup the launcher is the sole executable. The equivalent to your "legacy app" is really a Fox app, so the process that is running in the system is the launcher.
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>>How do you update the executable of either the launcher of the legacy app? I did think to send out an email with a link.
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>That's basically what we do, Mike. In our case, the local sysop is notified of the availability of updates, download the files, put them in a deployment folder in their LAN, and the launcher will perform the update of the app.

We do the same. Does the user start the launcher which then starts the app OR is the new app put onto the user's PC which the user actually starts?