Simple application updater
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Hello! I checked the web an found many free solutions to the application updater problem (close app, download new version, install new package, start the app). I really don't need all the advanced possibilities those solutions offer (web access, versioning, ...). My application already knows how to get new package from various sources (FTP, Web, Local file) and store it somewhere. It is really zip packed file with many directories and files. All I would need now is to run some external application example: updater.exe --source=package.zip --dest-path=my-program-folder Steps: 1. Call updater.exe and close application 2. Updater.exe would wait until calling application exits and would just extract the source archive file to the destination and this way overwrite all existing application files and folders. 3. Updater.exe would restart my application. So no need for versioning , web access and so on. Best regards,
Rostfrei