How should I implement an auto-updater?

Question

Many programs include an auto-updater, where the program occasionally looks online for updates, and then downloads and applies any updates that are found. Program bugs are f

Answer 1

You can write an internal module of your application to do updates. You can write an external mini application to do updates.

Also look at .NET on-the-fly compilation technology, it makes possible to create such mini application on-the-fly on demand. For example, http://fly.sf.net/