Easy - replacing dll in 2003

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eramgarden

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We replaced a dll in production (running on windows 2003) and it reset the application. I think that behavior is correct because anytime you replace a dll, it must read the changes on that first hit...

Is there something in 2003 to contradict this (that replacing a dll WILL NOT restart the app??) Has anyone come across it otherwise?
 
An alternative I've been playing with, and there are some post on this forum regarding it, is dynamically loading DLL's in another app domain, this way when a new one is loaded it can unload the original and load the new one without restarting. I haven't been able to perfect the process yet, but I've read that it is possible. Something to think about.
 
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