Visual Studio Publish Failed: "Unable to delete file ... Access to the path ... is denied."

Question

I've recently switched from a Windows XP machine to Windows 7. I use Subversion and TortoiseSVN.

I cannot publish my .NET application in Visual Studio. I get over a thousand errors like this:

Unable to delete file "obj\Debug\Package\PackageTmp\Views\ViewName.svn\text-base\ActionName.aspx.svn-base". Access to the path 'C:\Code\SolutionName\ProjectName\obj\Debug\Package\PackageTmp\Views\ViewName.svn\text-base\ActionName.aspx.svn-base' is denied.

Why is Subversion giving me trouble? How do I fix it?

Answer 1

The most likely cause is a permissions issue. In all likely hood the path in question was created while you were running with elevated permissions and hence requires admin permissions to delete. Try running Visual Studio as an admin and seeing if the problem goes away.

If so then the best solution is to do the following

1. Save the changes to that directory (check in if necessary)
2. Delete the repository
3. Re-check out the repository and ensure you are not running as an admin when doing so

Answer 2

I believe your issue is related to the default permissions assigned the to C: drive in windows 7 (and Vista).

1. Open explorer and find the c:\code folder
2. Right click on the c:\code folder and select properties
3. select the security tab
4. select the user ID "Users"
5. In the permissions box, tick the "modify" allow box
6. Select OK, OK until permision dialog boxes close

That should resolve the permission issue

Answer 3

And since you're using Win7, also have a look at this article here.

Answer 4

I disabled the file indexing of my bin and obj folders. But, that didn't work.

Answer 5

I noticed that my folders were read-only. I changed that.

It worked! Publish succeeded.