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Remove content about renaming running executables

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@ -19,9 +19,4 @@ example:
c:\soft\sshd.exe.new>c:\bin\ssh.exe
```
Note that it is apparently possible to [rename executables even when it's running](http://superuser.com/questions/488127/why-can-i-rename-a-running-executable-but-not-delete-it), which makes sense if you think about file handles.
Kohsuke has failed to find any authoritative source of information about this, but experimentally this even works on Windows XP and presumably on all the later Windows versions.
This behavior can be used to update *WinSW.exe* itself.
Also see `WINSW_EXECUTABLE` environment variable.
The `<download>` element in the configuration file also provides an useful building block for a self updating service.