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Re: [TSVN] Restarts after installing new versions

From: Olaf van der Spek <OvdSpek_at_LIACS.NL>
Date: 2004-08-16 00:27:44 CEST

SteveKing wrote:
> Bryan D. Andrews wrote:
>
>> Just curious, I have had to restart on the last 2 versions of tSVN. Is
>> there a reason for this? I don't recall having to do this on previous
>> versions.
>
>
> 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'm wondering about that, because the installer still complains about
files being locked. Wouldn't it be possible to simple do everything
after restart or at least never complain about locked files?
>
> Stefan
>
>
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