Open Nul: The system cannot find the file specified

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So recently I decided to download the Arduino IDE on my desktop which is running windows 10. I can open the software, and it will recognize my arduino uno (com3) and let me type code. The problem I am running into is that when I try to Verify/Upload the code it gives me this error:

Arduino: 1.8.1 (Windows 10), Board: "Arduino/Genuino Uno"

C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\arduino-builder -dump-prefs -logger=machine -hardware C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware -tools C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\tools-builder -tools C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr -built-in-libraries C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\libraries -libraries S:\Documents\Arduino\libraries -fqbn=arduino:avr:uno -ide-version=10801 -build-path C:\Users\REDVEL~1\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino_build_509850 -warnings=none -prefs=build.warn_data_percentage=75 -prefs=runtime.tools.arduinoOTA.path=C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avr-gcc.path=C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avrdude.path=C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr -verbose C:\Users\REDVEL~1\AppData\Local\Temp\untitled203239985.tmp\sketch_jan17a\sketch_jan17a.ino
C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\arduino-builder -compile -logger=machine -hardware C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware -tools C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\tools-builder -tools C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr -built-in-libraries C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\libraries -libraries S:\Documents\Arduino\libraries -fqbn=arduino:avr:uno -ide-version=10801 -build-path C:\Users\REDVEL~1\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino_build_509850 -warnings=none -prefs=build.warn_data_percentage=75 -prefs=runtime.tools.arduinoOTA.path=C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avr-gcc.path=C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avrdude.path=C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr -verbose C:\Users\REDVEL~1\AppData\Local\Temp\untitled203239985.tmp\sketch_jan17a\sketch_jan17a.ino
Using board 'uno' from platform in folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\arduino\avr
Using core 'arduino' from platform in folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\arduino\avr
Detecting libraries used...
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr/bin/avr-g++" -c -g -Os -w -std=gnu++11 -fpermissive -fno-exceptions -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-threadsafe-statics -flto -w -x c++ -E -CC -mmcu=atmega328p -DF_CPU=16000000L -DARDUINO=10801 -DARDUINO_AVR_UNO -DARDUINO_ARCH_AVR "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\arduino\avr\cores\arduino" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\arduino\avr\variants\standard" "C:\Users\REDVEL~1\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino_build_509850\sketch\sketch_jan17a.ino.cpp" -o "nul"
Generating function prototypes...
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr/bin/avr-g++" -c -g -Os -w -std=gnu++11 -fpermissive -fno-exceptions -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-threadsafe-statics -flto -w -x c++ -E -CC -mmcu=atmega328p -DF_CPU=16000000L -DARDUINO=10801 -DARDUINO_AVR_UNO -DARDUINO_ARCH_AVR "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\arduino\avr\cores\arduino" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\arduino\avr\variants\standard" "C:\Users\REDVEL~1\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino_build_509850\sketch\sketch_jan17a.ino.cpp" -o "C:\Users\REDVEL~1\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino_build_509850\preproc\ctags_target_for_gcc_minus_e.cpp"
open NUL: The system cannot find the file specified.
Error compiling for board Arduino/Genuino Uno.

I am not sure what is wrong. I am not new to using the Arduino software as I have had my uno since April 2016. The software runs perfectly fine on my laptop which is running windows 8.1, but not on my desktop (windows 10 professional). I have tried uninstalling/reinstalling anything to do with arduino on my system. Any help would be wonderful. Thanks!

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Recently i started getting same error when trying to compile/upload my sketch. I have 2 other pc's one on
w8.1 and one on w10 and everything works fine on those. I tried running IDE as Admin, reinstalling, deleting temp files but nothing works. My compilation process also stops at that line with
"preproc\ctags_target_for_gcc_minus_e.cpp" which couldn't be found. Also, i noticed that, on other pc's that file is indeed there. Looks like IDE cannot create that specific TEMP file or something. Any help?

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Having the same issue on Windows 10x64, arduino was working fine a week ago and now im getting the same "Open NUL: The system cannot find the file specified." error when compiling any sketch. Did you ever figure it out? Or does anyone know a way to fix this error? Have been going through every forum topic on the subject but not seeing a solution posted anywhere! Very frustrating, even a clean reinstall of arduino didn't fix anything.