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		paulddraper on May 16, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Self-Replace: A Utility For Self Replacing Executa... Not a Windows programmer, but doesn't it prevent a file from being deleted while it is being used/executed? (At least not without black magic?)

ilyt on May 16, 2023 [–]

Stupid trick would be to copy to temporary file and run that file, then update the original now-not-used one. Tho that might be weird enough to trigger AV

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