Why does my publish fail?

Question

I have published my project before with no problems, suddenly I get this error :

unable to add 'X' to the web site. unable to add file 'x' access is denied

When I delete X file and tried to publish again, I got the same error on another file.. I have no clue why it happend...

Can someone light my way ?

I've have this problem sometimes and I just restart my Visual Studio. Sometimes I build and rebuild back to back and that messes things up every once in awhile. Try closing the solution and reopening it. — Humpy, Jan 14 '14 at 13:18

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:13

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It is a permissions issue. What you have to do is grant "write" rights to yourself on the IIS directory (wwwroot by default). Then retry

Update : How do I give ASP.NET permission to write to a folder in Windows 7?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:13

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answered Jan 14 '14 at 11:59

user2427735

I am new to IIS.. Do you have a link to a simple instructions ? – user2560521 Jan 14 '14 at 12:02

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