Cannot build project due to dll being in use by another process

Solution by RMStagmierJr · Mar 21 at 06:12 PM

I've created a Windows console solution, composed of multiple class (.cs) files. I run the app and it works fine. I make a small change and attempt to run it again. The build fails, saying that it cannot access a DLL file (of one of the classes) in the Debug/bin folder because it is in use by another process. If I close out of Visual Studio and wait 10 minutes or so, the file becomes unlocked. I then re-open Visual Studio, reload the solution and am able to build and run the application. At that point, if I make another change and try to run it again, it is locked again and I have to wait another 10 minutes.

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