Sten Westerback
08-11-2003, 05:37 AM
"Andy Bray" <andy@abconsulting.com> wrote in message
news:%y_Fa.506$95.406@newsr2.u-net.net... Hello I have created a service that has the ability to check for newer versions
of itself. If a newer version is available, I want the service to update itself. I've tried using the MoveFileEx(pszExisting, pszNew, MOVEFILE_DELAY_UNTIL_REBOOT) functions which has always worked for me in
the past. But for some reason, it doesn't work for a service. Is it because services are started before the system performs the
MoveFileEx operations at start-up? If so, can anyone think of a way to do this.
Start a child application that wait for your service to exit, then replaces
the files and
finally asks the SCM to restart the service (unless you want to wait for OS
to do
automatic restart of the service).
Not that i can see why it wouldn't work for a service if the account that
you run the service with has the appropriate permissions to the Registry
keys involved. Are you sure you specify full paths that are valid at boot
time?
- Sten
news:%y_Fa.506$95.406@newsr2.u-net.net... Hello I have created a service that has the ability to check for newer versions
of itself. If a newer version is available, I want the service to update itself. I've tried using the MoveFileEx(pszExisting, pszNew, MOVEFILE_DELAY_UNTIL_REBOOT) functions which has always worked for me in
the past. But for some reason, it doesn't work for a service. Is it because services are started before the system performs the
MoveFileEx operations at start-up? If so, can anyone think of a way to do this.
Start a child application that wait for your service to exit, then replaces
the files and
finally asks the SCM to restart the service (unless you want to wait for OS
to do
automatic restart of the service).
Not that i can see why it wouldn't work for a service if the account that
you run the service with has the appropriate permissions to the Registry
keys involved. Are you sure you specify full paths that are valid at boot
time?
- Sten