Hello
I have been using IDE 1.6.7 and updated to 1.8.12 on Win 10. Now I can not compile anything for any boards. I get the same error Access denied, possible Symlink issue. I don't understand it. I read up on it and still not making much sense.
C:\Users\rsurpris\Documents\Arduino\arduino-builder -dump-prefs -logger=machine -hardware C:\Users\rsurpris\Documents\Arduino\hardware -hardware C:\Users\trusafetygear\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages -hardware C:\Arduino\hardware -tools C:\Users\rsurpris\Documents\Arduino\tools-builder -tools C:\Users\rsurpris\Documents\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr -tools C:\Users\trusafetygear\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages -built-in-libraries C:\Users\rsurpris\Documents\Arduino\libraries -libraries C:\Arduino\libraries -fqbn=pololu:avr:a-star32U4 -vid-pid=0X1FFB_0X2300 -ide-version=10812 -build-path C:\Users\TRUSAF~1\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino_build_509664 -warnings=default -build-cache C:\Users\TRUSAF~1\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino_cache_539024 -prefs=build.warn_data_percentage=75 -prefs=runtime.tools.arduinoOTA.path=C:\Users\trusafetygear\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\tools\arduinoOTA\1.3.0 -prefs=runtime.tools.arduinoOTA-1.3.0.path=C:\Users\trusafetygear\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\tools\arduinoOTA\1.3.0 -prefs=runtime.tools.avr-gcc.path=C:\Users\trusafetygear\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\tools\avr-gcc\7.3.0-atmel3.6.1-arduino5 -prefs=runtime.tools.avr-gcc-7.3.0-atmel3.6.1-arduino5.path=C:\Users\trusafetygear\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\tools\avr-gcc\7.3.0-atmel3.6.1-arduino5 -prefs=runtime.tools.avrdude.path=C:\Users\trusafetygear\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\tools\avrdude\6.3.0-arduino17 -prefs=runtime.tools.avrdude-6.3.0-arduino17.path=C:\Users\trusafetygear\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\tools\avrdude\6.3.0-arduino17 -verbose C:\Arduino\CrossingGuard_remote\CrossingGuard_remote.ino
loading hardware from C:\Users\rsurpris\Documents\Arduino\hardware: following possible symlink C:\Users\rsurpris\Documents\Arduino\hardware: CreateFile C:\Users\rsurpris\Documents: Access is denied.
Error compiling for board Pololu A-Star 32U4.