Self Delete During Running

[tempman 0]

Well this is an example how app can delete itself during running

dummy.au3

FileInstall("del.bat", "del.bat")
Run("del.bat", "", @SW_HIDE)
MsgBox(4096,"Task", "Just keeping task alive...")

del.bat

TASKKILL /IM "dummy.exe"
PING 1.1.1.1 -n 5 -w 1000 >NUL
del dummy.exe
del del.bat
exit

I hope this could help someone.

[martin 85]

Maybe this?

[tommytx 0]

Hey that is really neat... but you should have warned me there is a 15 second delay between the time the program runs and the time it deletes itself... but it really works great... Thanks...

[JLogan3o13 1,647]

I always preferred to wait until reboot to delete the file, letting Windows clean it up with other temp files. I usually use something like this:

#include <APIConstants.au3>
#include <WinAPIEx.au3>
_WinAPI_MoveFileEx(@ScriptFullPath, "", $MOVE_FILE_DELAY_UNTIL_REBOOT)

[trancexx 1,013]

I always preferred to wait until reboot to delete the file, letting Windows clean it up with other temp files. I usually use something like this:

#include <APIConstants.au3>
#include <WinAPIEx.au3>
_WinAPI_MoveFileEx(@ScriptFullPath, "", $MOVE_FILE_DELAY_UNTIL_REBOOT)

That method has several downsides, first one would be the need for administrator privileges. Second one is reboot itself - for example, I don't remember when I did that last time on my home PC. I think it was three, four months ago when I installed VS. Before that it was something like two months, when I got this machine and installed windows.

[UEZ 1,287]

That method has several downsides, first one would be the need for administrator privileges. Second one is reboot itself - for example, I don't remember when I did that last time on my home PC. I think it was three, four months ago when I installed VS. Before that it was something like two months, when I got this machine and installed windows.

That means you give a shit about MS patches - tough...

Br,

UEZ

[JLogan3o13 1,647]

That method has several downsides, first one would be the need for administrator privileges. Second one is reboot itself - for example, I don't remember when I did that last time on my home PC. I think it was three, four months ago when I installed VS. Before that it was something like two months, when I got this machine and installed windows.

You make an excellent point, of course. For most of what I do for customers, I am delivering a package of software through a third party tool, such as SCCM, Altiris, etc. As it typically runs as SYSTEM, or at least under an administrative account, I didn't think about that limitation.