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You need to have another EXE that will be launch instead of your actual application, that will check for a new version, copy it if required and launch it.
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You need to have another EXE that will be launch instead of your actual application, that will check for a new version, copy it if required and launch it.

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Works exactly the way I wanted it to.
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I have an application that is run from a local drive -- but connects to a server drive. &nbsp;During the startup of the application I want to be able to check the server for updated files. &nbsp;What I'm running into is that I don't know where the server file is going to be (and it may change in the future). &nbsp;Right now I'm hard coding it into the application -- which is a terrible thing to do. &nbsp;But I'm not sure how to do this. &nbsp;The application relies on an .ini file and I have the server directory in the file &nbsp;-- but I haven't figured out to install this .ini file. &nbsp;Any suggestions?<br />
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Does this make sense? &nbsp;What happens if the .ini file is deleted? Stuff like that.
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I have an application that is run from a local drive -- but connects to a server drive.  During the startup of the application I want to be able to check the server for updated files.  What I'm running into is that I don't know where the server file is going to be (and it may change in the future).  Right now I'm hard coding it into the application -- which is a terrible thing to do.  But I'm not sure how to do this.  The application relies on an .ini file and I have the server directory in the file  -- but I haven't figured out to install this .ini file.  Any suggestions?

Does this make sense?  What happens if the .ini file is deleted? Stuff like that.

Installation / Running Program Concerns

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