---
title: "HREF EXEs are cool."
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/3/16/href-exes-are-cool.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/3/16/href-exes-are-cool.html"
published: "2003-03-16T09:36:00"
updated: "2003-03-16T09:36:00"
tags: []
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Now, if I build a new version and copy those files to the appropriate web server directory... bang , everyone is running the new version the next time they launch the app. No update, no need to send out a \"new version\"…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# HREF EXEs are cool.

By Roy Osherove March 16, 2003

**Historical article** · Originally published March 16, 2003; technical details may be outdated.

_Now, if I build a new version and copy those files to the appropriate web server directory... **bang**, everyone is running the new version the next time they launch the app. No update, no need to send out a "new version" email, unless I just want to let the users know what is new... it is a good thing._

\[via [Duncan](http://dotnetweblogs.com/duncanma)'s blog\]

That's definatly cool! i'll try it the next time i get the chance...


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## About the author

**Roy Osherove**: Senior Solutions Architect at AWS working on AI for production and AI-driven development; author of The Art of Unit Testing and Elastic Leadership, with about 20 years of consulting and training on unit testing, TDD, team leadership and continuous delivery.

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