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As I release updates for my application I would like it to check for an updated version in a particular directory on load. As far as I can see this needs to compare the current application assembly or file version with an updated exe in a directory.<br />
I cannot seem to find a reasonably simple way of doing this.<br />
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I would share some code with you but I just cannot find any that seems to fit the bill.
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As I release updates for my application I would like it to check for an updated version in a particular directory on load. As far as I can see this needs to compare the current application assembly or file version with an updated exe in a directory.
I cannot seem to find a reasonably simple way of doing this.

I would share some code with you but I just cannot find any that seems to fit the bill.

VB.NET - Compare current application assembly version against another

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