PRB:Can't Create new .EXE w/ Same Name If It's Already Running

Last reviewed: December 19, 1995
Article ID: Q141025

The information in this article applies to:

Standard, Professional, and Enterprise Editions of Microsoft Visual Basic, 16-bit and 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

If a copy of an executable is running on your computer, and you try to create a new executable with the same filename, the following error message appears:

   Permission Denied "Project.exe"

CAUSE

This error is caused by the fact that a copy of the project's executable file is already running on the system. Microsoft Windows does not allow a file to be written to or deleted when it is running.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, either rename the .Exe file when you create a new executable, or exit from the executable that is currently running.

Additional reference words: 4.00 vb4win vb4all
KBCategory: kbenv kbprg kbprb
KBSubcategory: EnvtRun

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Last reviewed: December 19, 1995
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