c++ - Visual Studio 2013 fatal error C1041 /FS

Question

I'm using Visual Studio 2013. Every so often by project refuses to compile. If I undo any changes, it still won't compile. I've found that recreating the entire project works. I would like to actually fix the problem though. The error that I'm getting is:

1>Critic.cpp : fatal error C1041: cannot open program database 'c:usersusernamedesktopprojectNameprojectNamex64debugvc120.pdb'; if multiple CL.EXE write to the same .PDB file, please use /FS

I've tried following these instructions to no avail: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn502518.aspx

Has anyone else encountered this and found a fix?

Answer 1

I had this problem because different projects in a solution had the same intermediate directory.

Changing

$(Platform)$(Configuration)

to

$(Platform)$(Configuration)$(ProjectName)

in

Configuration Properties | General | Intermediate Directory

in each of the projects solved it.