compiling/build solution error message

[Brian_Jones]

problem solved

I have a program working in Visual Studio 2005 Version 8 that didn't compile after a few days and hitting the build solution command about 30 times while I wrote my source file. The program was working fine and dandy, and then I compiled it again using build solution and it didn't compile. I copy and pasted the text into a new source file and it worked fine again. Then after things seemed to be working fine again, I copy and pasted that text back into the original source file and it wouldn't compile. I continued my work with the new source file and then hours later it stopped working again within the new source file. I copy and pasted the current text into a brand new source file and it worked fine once again. Is this normal or is there something wrong with my code?



Here is the error message when it won't compile.

1>------ Build started: Project: project13, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
1>Compiling...
1>project13.cpp
1>Linking...
1>LINK : fatal error LNK1168: cannot open C:\project13\project13\Debug\project13.exe for writing
1>Build log was saved at "file://c:\project13\project13\Debug\BuildLog.htm"
1>project13 - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

[Brian_Jones]

oh, I know what happened. I left the exe. file open from the previous "Start Without Debugging". It all works fine now...sry