Access to the path 'FSharp.ProjectTemplate' is denied.

[yan0lovesha]

Description

Got error when execute build.cmd on a new project.

Repro steps

Please provide the steps required to reproduce the problem

1. Open Visual Studio Code.

2. Open an empty folder.

3. Press Ctrl + Shift + p. Input "F#: New Project(ProjectScaffold).

4. Execute builld.cmd after Project created.

5. In the cmd window. Input necessary information when the script asked.

Expected behavior

The build.cmd executed without errors.

Actual behavior

Errors: FsiEvaluationException:

Error: System.IO.IOException: Access to the path 'FSharp.ProjectTemplate' is denied. at System.IO.DirectoryInfo.MoveTo(String destDirName) at FSI_0005.Init.clo@167-5.Invoke(DirectoryInfo d) in D:\Repo\TMobileBill\init.fsx:line 167 at FSI_0005.Init.clo@158-2.Invoke(DirectoryInfo pd) in D:\Repo\TMobileBill\init.fsx:line 167 at Microsoft.FSharp.Primitives.Basics.List.iter[T](FSharpFunc2 f, FSharpList1 x) at Microsoft.FSharp.Collections.ListModule.Iterate[T](FSharpFunc2 action, FSharpList1 list) at <StartupCode$FSI_0005>.$FSI_0005_Init$fsx.main@() in D:\Repo\TMobileBill\init.fsx:line 158 Stopped due to error

Known workarounds

Please provide a description of any known workarounds.

Related information

• Operating system: Windows 10
• Branch
• .NET Runtime, CoreCLR or Mono Version
• Performance information, links to performance testing scripts

[EHotwagner]

I experience the same problem.

[DavidSSL]

Ok I've been able to reproduce this problem and have also got a workaround.

Effectively, if you run this while the "project" is open in Visual Studio Code, the latter locks 'FSharp.ProjectTemplate', hence why you get the error.

The workaround is to close Visual Studio Code and then run "build.cmd"

[jackfoxy]

Closing. The path gets renamed during the init build.