>I am getting a message about file access being denied referencing the .EXE when I try to compile the app.
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>I tried running the .EXE and got a message that windows cannot access, that it may be a problem with permissions.
>I tried deleting the .EXE from the folder and get pretty much the same message...about permissions.
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>I've never "dealt" with permissions before so not sure how to handle this. Nothing has changed on my pc. I'm still running the same Windows 10.
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>I tried deleting the entire folder to restore from a backup, but it wouldn't let me.
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>Curiously the app runs fine within the development environment. It just seems to be the .EXE that is screwed up.
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>Any ideas....pretty much lost as to what to do now.
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>Rich Murillo

What's the path to that folder? I guess you are aware that all sub-folders of "C:\Program Files" and "C:\Program Files (x86)" are read only on newer versions of Windows.