Well, I got this when I compiled my C# .Net 1.1 project. The full error was:
fatal error CS0041: Unexpected error writing debugging information to file "XXXX\obj\Debug\ATest.pdb" 'catastrophic failure'.
What caused the error?
It was all because the VS 2003 compiler was trying to create a pdb file on a directory that contained such a pdb file which was created by VS 2005, so said the Internet.
So I deleted the pdb file.
Still, the same error occurred.
Confounded, I closed the Visual Studio, opened it again, made a recompile. Same error. I deleted the pdb file again, recompiled, no luck
I fiddled around for half an hour without any result. Out of frustration, I deleted all the bin and obj folder. And it worked.
Puzzled, I read the troubleshooting guide and the error message again. Well, the error message said that error occurred in \obj\Debug\ATest.pdb. No wonder, I deleted the pdb file in \bin\Debug folder.
Sigh!
fatal error CS0041: Unexpected error writing debugging information to file "XXXX\obj\Debug\ATest.pdb" 'catastrophic failure'.
What caused the error?
It was all because the VS 2003 compiler was trying to create a pdb file on a directory that contained such a pdb file which was created by VS 2005, so said the Internet.
So I deleted the pdb file.
Still, the same error occurred.
Confounded, I closed the Visual Studio, opened it again, made a recompile. Same error. I deleted the pdb file again, recompiled, no luck
I fiddled around for half an hour without any result. Out of frustration, I deleted all the bin and obj folder. And it worked.
Puzzled, I read the troubleshooting guide and the error message again. Well, the error message said that error occurred in \obj\Debug\ATest.pdb. No wonder, I deleted the pdb file in \bin\Debug folder.
Sigh!
