http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/869588/Auto-Updating-the-exe-from-a-network-location-when?msg=4992189#xx4992189xx
Using the code
I wrote a simple console application in c# to accomplish this task
In the Program.cs itself I wrote the code to check updates and then executed the updated application
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
namespace ShipitIntro
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
//updatepath is the location where I upload updated exe
string UpdatePath = @"\\testserver\Art\ship it\Shipit.exe";
//applocation is the location from where this console app runs.It will also be the location where the new file will be saved
string AppLocation = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() + @"\shipit.exe"; try
{
FileInfo info1 = null;
FileInfo info2 = null;
if (File.Exists(UpdatePath))
{
//If there is a file in the update location info1 will get the fileinfo of that file
info1 = new FileInfo(UpdatePath);
} if (File.Exists(AppLocation))
{
//if the exe is already present in the aplocation get its information also
info2 = new FileInfo(AppLocation); }
else
{
File.Copy(UpdatePath, AppLocation, true);
ExecuteApp(AppLocation);
return;
}
if (info1.LastWriteTime > info2.LastWriteTime)
{
File.Copy(UpdatePath, AppLocation, true);
} }
catch (Exception ex)
{
Debug.WriteLine(ex.Message);
}
ExecuteApp(AppLocation); }
static void ExecuteApp(string location)
{
if (File.Exists(location))
{
try
{
Process.Start(location);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Debug.WriteLine(ex.Message); return;
}
}
else
{ }
} }
}
The function executeApp() will help in starting the exe from the location .thus it makes sure that the user always use the latest exe