Hmm, do you have a scenario that benefits from this? I'd still have to
kill the old application to launch the updated one...

/rafael

On 4/7/2010 2:36 PM, Garrett Serack wrote:
> So it turns out that option #1 has another benefit.
> 
> ** You can delete and recreate the symlink without having to stop the 
> application running from that symlink'd folder. **
> 
> This will let you install side-by-side a new version of the application, 
> remove the old symlink, and create a new one, without having to kill an 
> existing process. 
> 
> Very Cool.
> 
> Garrett Serack | Open Source Software Developer | Microsoft Corporation 
> I don't make the software you use; I make the software you use better on 
> Windows.

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