Delete self while running

Question

Im currently creating a uninstallation application which deletes the application folder. The problem is that i cant delete the uninstaller application which is in the same folder cause its running. Is there a way to delete the application while running, so its just in the memory.

        string Installation = UninstallRegister.Read("InstallationLocation");
        if (Directory.Exists(StartMenu))
        {
            Directory.Delete(StartMenu, true);
        }

Best regards

Answer 1

A simple idea would be to copy the uninstall application to %TEMP% and run from there. This would however leave a file in %TEMP% (which would probably not be noticed by anyone).

Answer 2

You can use command prompt Del command

nircmd has a command named cmdwait you can set a wait time to delete your file then close the application and let it delete

Answer 3

You can use this command. It close your app and start cmd remove directory command arter deley=3000

This solution remove app and folder.

Process.Start("cmd.exe", "/C ping 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w 3000 > Nul & RD /s /q " + Path.GetDirectoryName(Application.ExecutablePath));
                    Application.Exit();