Delete Executable

[_mubashir]

Hii all, I know this may seems to be a silly question but I need to know. Is it possible to delete an Executable file from itself. e.g I have an application, I want to delete its executable file from the code written in it. Please reply. Mubashir

[Dave Kreskowiak]

No, you can't. The .EXE file remains locked open so long as the code in it is loaded into a process. You'll have to quit and have an external process delete this .EXE.

Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic

[Ray Cassick]

is there a way that you could build an exe file into memory as a separate process and then have it wait for the parent process to die off and then delete it then end and kill itself from memory?

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[Dave Kreskowiak]

Well, you can load a new Assembly from an array of bytes, documented here[^]. The bytes can either be sourced from emitted code or from data in a file. The problem is creating an entirely new Process out of that Assembly. I don't know how you can get from a loaded assembly to a whole new process.

Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic