MSB4018 horror (not a simple error)

Question

I would like to report that for a few days now, even when creating a new empty VB solution with only the default form, when I try to compile I always get MSB4018, which obviously doesn't make any sense, being the default project.

I tried repairing the VS2022 installation but that did not change the result. Not even running InstallCleanup and then performing a clean re-installation changed anything.

A few days earlier I had done an update of VS.

In short, I can no longer code! 🤬

I'm using win10

Answer 1

This is the integral error I receive.

However, I noticed that if I create a new project on disk C the error does not occur. I get this error from projects created on the Google synchronized folder. But only in this last week, it was working before.

I have no alternative to using Drive, so how can I solve it?

Errore MSB4018 errore imprevisto dell'attività "CreateAppHost". System.IO.IOException: Impossibile eseguire l'operazione specificata su un file la cui sezione mappata dall'utente è aperta. in System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath) in System.IO.MemoryMappedFiles.MemoryMappedFile.CreateCore(SafeFileHandle fileHandle, String mapName, HandleInheritability inheritability, MemoryMappedFileSecurity memoryMappedFileSecurity, MemoryMappedFileAccess access, MemoryMappedFileOptions options, Int64 capacity) in System.IO.MemoryMappedFiles.MemoryMappedFile.CreateFromFile(FileStream fileStream, String mapName, Int64 capacity, MemoryMappedFileAccess access, MemoryMappedFileSecurity memoryMappedFileSecurity, HandleInheritability inheritability, Boolean leaveOpen) in Microsoft.NET.HostModel.ResourceUpdater.Update() in Microsoft.NET.HostModel.AppHost.HostWriter.<>c__DisplayClass2_0.<CreateAppHost>b__1() in Microsoft.NET.HostModel.RetryUtil.RetryOnIOError(Action func) in Microsoft.NET.HostModel.AppHost.HostWriter.CreateAppHost(String appHostSourceFilePath, String appHostDestinationFilePath, String appBinaryFilePath, Boolean windowsGraphicalUserInterface, String assemblyToCopyResourcesFrom, Boolean enableMacOSCodeSign) in Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks.CreateAppHost.ExecuteCore() in Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks.TaskBase.Execute() in Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskExecutionHost.Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.ITaskExecutionHost.Execute() in Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskBuilder.<ExecuteInstantiatedTask>d__26.MoveNext() test C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\8.0.100\Sdks\Microsoft.NET.Sdk\targets\Microsoft.NET.Sdk.targets 709

Answer 2

Hello @Guglielmo Cancelli ,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum.

Please try following to clean some cache files and fix any corrupted files first.

1. Run CMD as administrator, run DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth command, wait for it finishes running, run sfc /scannow command.
2. Navigate to C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\17.0_XXXXXXXX folder, rename this folder.
3. Reboot your machine and rename %Temp% folder(C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Temp).
4. Update Windows OS and make sure that there’s no Windows Update Errors.
5. Launch VS as administrator, create a new project and check again.

Besides, do you have full permissions on your machine(please check following: antivirus, group policy, permission limitations)? Does running VS as administrator work?

If there are more detailed error messages, please share them with us to check further.

Best Regards,

Tianyu

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