Delete application executable on exit

Question

So I am trying to get my application to delete itself on exit.

I am currently using this (found here):

Process.Start("cmd.exe", 
"/C choice /C Y /N /D Y /T 3 & Del " + Application.ExecutablePath);
Application.Exit();

The CMD window comes up, but will not remove the application. Any ideas why not?

EDIT: So it works sometimes... other times it does not... ideas?

Did you try the option that uses `ping` with a `-w` parameter to introduce a delay? — Jeff B, Apr 25 '15 at 02:36
Does the application sometimes take more than 3 seconds to fully close? — mellamokb, Apr 25 '15 at 02:37
@mellamokb upped it to 10 seconds to make sure. And same thing — dwb, Apr 25 '15 at 02:48
This question may be of interest: http://stackoverflow.com/q/179466/945456 — Jeff B, Apr 25 '15 at 02:54

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 10 '16 at 19:30

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I think the problem is that you cannot delete an application while it's running. You could introduce some delay in the cmd command(I don't know how), or you could simply make another application with a timer set on 5 sec. And insert the code:

System.IO.File.Delete(Application.ExecutablePath)
Me.Close

Then just use the Process.Start("your/Delete/App/Path.exe") in the first app.

answered Feb 10 '16 at 19:30

Zetko

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That is pretty much exactly what I ended up doing. Thanks for your response! – dwb Feb 14 '16 at 05:34

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