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RE: [TSVN] Restarts after installing new versions

From: Steve <tortoisesvn_at_digitalnothing.com>
Date: 2004-08-14 21:50:54 CEST

> If you didn't restart after installing the previous versions, you're in
> luck it didn't crash. Remember: TortoiseSVN is a shell extension, which
> means it is used and loaded by the explorer/desktop process. So as long
> as you don't restart, you will still use the already loaded (but
> previous) version.
> Also, the installer can't replace the dll's which are in use by the
> explorer, so those dll's can only be properly replaced on a restart.

I have had success with killing the explorer.exe process through Task
Manager, and then reloading it on my Win2K system. I have never needed to
restart to get a new version of TSVN to work by doing this method.

Steve

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