Subject Re: COMPILE COMMAND FAILED: Access denied: From Akshat Kapoor <akshat.kapoor@kapoorsons.in> Date Thu, 19 Oct 2017 16:56:24 +0530 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started On 19/10/2017 16:25, kinsley wrote: > Hi both, > > Many thanks for your help. As soon as I moved the files down from my Google Drive folder to a folder directly off the C drive it all started behaving correctly again. > > I know I should have tried that sooner but it doesn't full me with confidence that this sort of error occurs. > > Thanks again! Welcome, What happens is that the moment you change a file google drive or any other cloud sync software tries to upload the file, During that time the file becomes read only and hence the error. And this error sticks for some time, It is due to trying to access the file while cloud version is being updated or not I do not know. When we restart the file is uploaded  or readonly tag removed I cannot say for sure. I had also faced the same error when I added the development directory to google backup. Now I work in say c:\mydirectory and have google drive in say c:\users\....\google drive.... I use Goodsync to synchronise the files between google drive folder and working directory(It compares the last modified time and copies the updated files only not all the files). Try a evaluation period of goodsync from goodsync.com Extremely helpful in taking backups. Regards Akshat