Error while running the project

Manoj Singh Panwar

hi,
While running an application in expression Blend the following error poped up.
Unable to copy file "obj\Debug\forms.exe" to bin\Debug\forms.exe". The process cannot access the file 'bin\Debug\forums.exe' because it is being used by another process.
How to sort it out ?

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Javeed M Shaikh15y ago
great! thanks for sharing the solution.
Manoj Singh Panwar15y ago
Hi ,
I finally sorted out the problem and it was corrected by deleting the bin and obj folder of the project from the place where the project is saved.
for ex. my proj name was Forms saved in my documents/blend
so i deleted
Documents/Blend/Forms--------> from here i delete bin and obj folder. as these folders are recreated by building the project.
Manoj Singh Panwar15y ago
hi,
There's nothing as such open, i have checked still the error persists
Sam Hobbs15y ago
The only time I get that error is when another instance of the program is still executing. Usually I have simply forgotten to exit from a previous test. Sometimes the problem is caused by a bug that causes the message loop (or let' call it the form) to close but the program continues to execute. It is likely that the problem is gone by now but in the future, the first thing to check for is a previous instance of the program. You might need to use the Task Manager to find it.
Karthik Agarwal15y ago
This kind of issues normally comes if the .exe or any other file which IDE is trying to use but doesn't have enough privilege to access the folder, sometimes this may also happen bcoz of the read only property of the specific file. If you can ensure about the privileges of the folder or read only of the files hopefully you can solve this issue.
Javeed M Shaikh15y ago
make sure your if you have a UserControl or anything open in the designer/IDE, then close that and than try again.