How does an application launcher update itself?

Question

Launchers are most common in games. Think of League of Legends, Starcraft II, or almost any MMO out there. Before starting the actual game, you have a small launcher app that ta

Answer 1

Basically the launcher checks to see if there is a newer version of it self, and if so kicks off a task to get the new version and then executes it and then closes.

Given the updater app is small and loads up quick, you can have it detect, download, stick up a dialog to say there's a new version, and barely flicker as the old version closes and the new one runs up.