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Hi, I want to make a program that copy’s itself while running
Can you please help!!!!?

Visual basic 8.0

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A short, safety-first note for (and for and who raised the obvious questions): making a program that "copies itself while running" is classically how viruses work. That behavior will trigger antivirus, run into OS protections (UAC, file locks, permissions), and can be illegal to distribute. If the real goal is automatic updates, deployment, or local backup, use supported updater or installer patterns rather than self-replication.

For Visual Basic 8 (VB.NET 2005) the safest built-in option is ClickOnce publishing. ClickOnce lets you publish an app to a URL or file share and have the application check for and install updates automatically without trying to overwrite its running executable. It handles download, install, restart and per-user installs so you avoid many permission problems. See Microsoft ClickOnce documentation for details: ClickOnce security and deployment.

If ClickOnce does not meet requirements, use an external updater helper instead of in-place self-copying. Typical safe workflow:

  • App checks a server for a newer version and downloads the update to a temp folder.
  • App launches a small updater process and then exits.
  • Updater waits for the app to exit, replaces the files, and restarts the app.
    Keep updater files in per-user locations (AppData) unless an elevated install is required.

Practical notes and cautions: self-modifying or self-replicating patterns often produce false-positive malware detections — reduce that risk by code signing releases, serving updates over HTTPS from a trusted host, and testing inside isolated VMs. For non-ClickOnce helper libraries, projects like AutoUpdater.NET can simplify update checks and downloads: AutoUpdater.NET.

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Why?

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Why?

And why asking here (VB 4/5/6 forum)

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And why asking here (VB 4/5/6 forum)

The forum was created before VB8 was made. This is the correct place.

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Your the damist person if ever herde becouse al the basic prensiples is the sam so shat up

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i mean vb6.0

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Your the damist person if ever herde becouse al the basic prensiples is the sam so shat up

What the heck does that mean? And who is to "shat up"?

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1. If your coding is as good as your spelling, good luck!
2. If you are coding in VB8 like you do/did in VB6, you are missing a lot. I think you don't know VB8, I doubt if you do know VB6 as well.

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