mt.exe : general error c101008d: Failed to write the updated manifest to the resource of file … Access is denied

Question

I often have this problem even when I build a new C++ project and try to build a release file.

I use Visual studio 2008. One thing that may cause this problem is my code

Answer 1

Go to Debug and/or Release folder(s), right click and unset, recursively, the Read-Only property.

Found this tip in the MSDN Community and solved my problem!