[1.1.38] crash if atempting to update a game when the exe was renamed

[-DeadlyKitten]

What did you do?
downloaded the standalone factorio
renamed factorio.exe to factorio_1_1_38.exe
used the auto update to update factorio

What happened?
the update failed

What did you expect to happen instead? It might be obvious to you, but do it anyway!
to get 2 exes, factorio_1_1_38.exe and the new one which i would then rename again

[boskid]

Thanks for the report. Do not remove required files. (97412)

Feel free to have a copy of factorio.exe in the same directory under a different name leaving original file for the updater.

[posila]

Feel free to have a copy of factorio.exe in the same directory under a different name leaving original file for the updater.

Even though, I don't know what for. The old executable won't load to menu with the new data folder anyway.

[boskid]

I also have no idea why for the same reason (data version mismatch), but nothing prevents -DeadlyKitten from having a copy of a file in the same directory for whatever other reason.

[Kyralessa]

What OS are you using? If it's Windows, you can create a shortcut and rename that instead of factorio.exe.

If you're using Mac or Linux, I can't help you, but perhaps there's something similar you could do.

[eradicator]

downloaded the standalone factorio
renamed factorio.exe to factorio_1_1_38.exe

You have to rename the whole folder if you want to be able to use two versions.