We need to create a windows service that has the ability to self update.

Three options spring to mind,

  1. a second service that manages the retrieval, uninstallation and installation of the first service.

  2. Use of some third party framework (suggestions welcome. I believe .NET supports automatic updating for windows forms apps, but not windows services)

  3. Use of a plugin model, whereby the service is merely a shell containing the updating and running logic, and the business logic of the service is contained in a DLL that can be swapped out.

Can anyone shed some light on the solution to this problem?

Thanks

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