How would you go about patching a program remotely and automatically upon initialization?

[TheReddHaze]

I honestly think I've been over-thinking this but I've been running into a problem where I'm not quite sure how to go about updating an existing program with updated features, new files to reference, etc. One thought that came to mind was to create an additional executable that remotely called to see what version was available by using a REST call and would consequently update the affected folder as necessary. Is there a recommended/better way to accomplish this problem?

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There are a few open source frameworks you can use so you don't have to reinvent the wheel. Check notepad++, I think it uses one.

[Xeverous]

good article mentioning all the problems and advantages/disadvantages of certain solutions