Renaming A Running Process' File Image On Windows

Question

I have a Windows service application on Vista SP1 and I\'ve found that users are renaming its executable file (while it\'s running) and then rebooting, thus causing it to fa

Answer 1

As long as the file is still there, Windows can still read from it - it's the underlying file that matters, not its name.

I can happily rename running executables on my XP machine.