Error compiling for board ******

Can someone please help me understand what is going on

I can not compile for any board

The part l error I get is below and the full one is in the attachment

C:\Users\John\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\esp8266\tools\xtensa-lx106-elf-gcc\1.20.0-26-gb404fb9-2/bin/xtensa-lx106-elf-ar: unable to rename 'C:\Users\John\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino_build_785667/arduino.ar'; reason: Permission denied

exit status 1
Error compiling for board NodeMCU 0.9 (ESP-12 Module).

full error.txt (62.4 KB)

Hi joc1274,

Arduino 1.8.0 is out.
Download it and try again.