I want my C# Windows Service to automatically update itself

Question

Is there a framework that can be used to enable a C# Windows Service to automatically check for a newer version and upgrade itself? I can certainly write code to accomplish

Answer 1

Another possible solution is to have a seperate service that runs, stops the other one, if there is an update, and then updates the service. You can't have a service update itself because the .dll that is running will not stop.

Seperating the business logic layer would be a good option. You could also rewrite the main service to run under reflection by a master or control service. This is similar to seperating the business logic, and it would just require stopping a thread and the starting it again.

I know of no known framework that does this. I have done this myself, but that is not a public framework.