What package type are you using? If native installer, try https://github.com/pwalczyszyn/nativeapplicationupdater
Anyway, here it starts and exits app to do restart: https://github.com/pwalczyszyn/nativeapplicationupdater/blob/master/src/com/riaspace/nativeUpdater/NativeApplicationUpdater.as#L367-L371 Also note this line: setTimeout(installUpdate, 10); // This is a hack for windows platform as download complete event is fired before file is released -- Sent from: http://apache-flex-users.2333346.n4.nabble.com/
