Permission denied when I create an .exe

[WyoProgrammer]

As you can probably tell, I am not an experienced programmer but I have written several programs which I use for my own uses as well as one I use at work. I have experienced this same problem in both places. When I try to update my *.exe program by creating a new one, I keep getting the error that 'permission is denied'. At work I thought it was because someone else on the network was using the program but I made sure nobody had it running and it gave me the same error. Now tonight, I try to create a new *.exe for a different program and it gives me the same error. Any ideas what this is and how I stop it from happening? Any help would be appreciated.

 

[TLowder]

Check task manager to make sure the exe isn't still open, maybe your program isn't unloading properly. You could create the exe with a different name, one that does not exist just to see that it is compiling fine.

Tom

 

[WyoProgrammer]

I have already checked this out by saving as a compiling under a different name as well as in a different directory and both methods work fine. Does this mean that the program must still be open? Is there something other than 'End' that I should do to properly close the program (such as 'Unload'?). Thanks for responding to my dilemma.

 

[johnwm]

There is a (large) school of thought that says you should NOT use the End statement at all. There have been many discussions on this forum - a quick search turned up thread222-1177337. You need to ensure that all external processes (Word, Excel, database connections etc) are closed and set to Nothing. Then just unload all the forms and the app is ended.

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