Blink does not Verify / compile - system cannot find the file specified

Development Tools IDE 1.x
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HI guys,

My first project, Blink (which i got this from the examples folder) comes up with an error message "open NUL: The system cannot find the file specified."

the file it is looking for is "C:\Users\D\AppData\Local\Temp\buildfaa6775c68ead12dcff9d82feb164a8c.tmp\preproc\ctags_target_for_gcc_minus_e.cpp" (attached notepad file shows full detail)

I have also manually looked for this file in windows explorer and couldnt find it , the "preprocs" folder is empty.

FYI , I downloaded the IDE from the arduino website a couple of days ago and I have the UNO R3 board.

Does anyone understand what is happening here? any help would be much appreciated

thanks

Blinkerror.txt (3.07 KB)

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Hi there
I suggest that you try downloading a "stable" version of the Arduino IDE rather than using an hourly build version.
The latest complete version is the 1.6.7. I believe you installed the 1.6.8.
Be sure to un-install the previous version before installing the 1.6.7 version.
Hope this helps
Jomo

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jomo:
Hi there
I suggest that you try downloading a "stable" version of the Arduino IDE rather than using an hourly build version.
The latest complete version is the 1.6.7. I believe you installed the 1.6.8.
Be sure to un-install the previous version before installing the 1.6.7 version.
Hope this helps
Jomo

Many thanks for your reply Jomo. I have reinstalled 1.6.7 (stable version) and unfortunately the same error exists (cannot find the file specified). I have attached the updated error message in notepad plus a screenshot

I have looked again in the "Preprocs" folder and again it is empty.

I am considering updating to Windows 10 and trying again. Note that I have installed Arduino 1.6.7 IDE on a friends Windows 7 laptop and Blink compiles / uploads perfectly with my board - so it looks like a windows 7 issue?

Also I have donwloaded latest JAVA update but this also did not seem to help.

any thoughts / suggestions are appreciated

Blinkerror 1.6.7.txt (2.88 KB)

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Yes I suppose it could be an issue with windows - I'n no help there however because I use Mac computers...
Does the user account you are using have admin priviliges?

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Go to Tools > board> board manager and install
1.6.8

also check if the board selection is correct ,

enjoy :slight_smile:

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Hi Vinya,

I had originally tried 1.6.8 in the first post and this was not a stable IDE so I reverted back to 1.6.7 as per Jomo's suggestion

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Dhas
I understand , it worked for me , had faced this issue few days back
the solution i gave u and it worked for me,
you can do by hit n trail.

I am using 1.6.8 not faced issue in working over my biped .

Vinay

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dhas:
HI guys,

My first project, Blink (which i got this from the examples folder) comes up with an error message "open NUL: The system cannot find the file specified."

the file it is looking for is "C:\Users\D\AppData\Local\Temp\buildfaa6775c68ead12dcff9d82feb164a8c.tmp\preproc\ctags_target_for_gcc_minus_e.cpp" (attached notepad file shows full detail)

I have also manually looked for this file in windows explorer and couldnt find it , the "preprocs" folder is empty.

FYI , I downloaded the IDE from the arduino website a couple of days ago and I have the UNO R3 board.

Does anyone understand what is happening here? any help would be much appreciated

thanks

This is an IDE bug but it is easily worked around. Simply save your sketch, close the IDE and re-open it. It works every time.