VC++ fatal error LNK1168: cannot open filename.exe for writing

Question

suddenly my visual studio express 2010 c++ stopped rebuilding my project.
When I first hit F7 the project builds and runs fine (heck, it\'s a hello world example).
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Answer 1

well, I actually just saved and closed the project and restarted VS Express 2013 in windows 8 and that sorted my problem.