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

I also had this same issue. My console window was no longer open, but I was able to see my application running by going to processes within task manager. The process name was the name of my application. Once I ended the process I was able to build and compile my code with no issues.