visual c++ - fatal error C1001: An internal error has occurred in the compiler

Question

While compiling on x64 plattform I am getting following error:

c:codavs05hpsw-scovpaccoolscodaaccesstestcoda_access.cpp(1572): fatal error C1001: An internal error has occurred in the compiler.

(compiler file 'f:ddvctoolscompilerutcsrcp2sizeopt.c', line 55)
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------ Build started: Project: asyncexample, Configuration: Release Win32 ------

If I change settings to preprocessor file (Yes) i am not getting any error.

About my environment: Upgrading Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 to 2010

Please help.

Answer 1

I have had this problem with VS2015 while building locally in Windows.

In order to solve it, I deleted my build folder (Output Directory as seen in Properties/General) and rebuilt the project.

This always seems to help when strange things happen during the build.