mt.exe : general error c101008d: Failed to write the updated manifest to the resource of file ... Access is denied

Question

I often have this problem even when I build a new C++ project and try to build a release file.

I use Visual studio 2008. One thing that may cause this problem is my code is saved on the server disk, not on local hard disk.

mt.exe : general error c101008d: Failed to write the updated manifest to the resource of file "..\Release\PGTS_version17C.exe". The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.

Anyone know how to solve this? Thanks.

Answer 1

If you are embedding a manifest file, your anti-virus program may lock and scan your exe file before embedding the manifest.

I recommend disabling anti-virus from reading your DEBUG and RELEASE output folders.

Answer 2

Go to Debug and/or Release folder(s), right click and unset, recursively, the Read-Only property.

Found this tip in the MSDN Community and solved my problem!