[Solved] PB crashes when compiling

[SeanC]

Hello,

I am running Windows 10 64 bit version 1511 OS build 10586.29.

When I compile in PureBasic the application crashes. I have tried compiling an empty file and this also crashes. I have reinstalled PB and the issue persists.

I was able to compile about a month or so ago without issue.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can get my installation working correctly?

Thanks,
-Sean

EDIT: current version is PureBasic 5.40 LTS (Windows - x64)

[Little John]

As a first trial, you can switch off your anti virus programm and see whether compiling then works as expected.

[SeanC]

Thanks! That was it.

[Little John]

You are welcome! However, switching off the anti virus programm is not a permanent solution of course.

When compiling one code in the PureBasic IDE, PureBasic creates a file named "PureBasic_Compilation0.exe" in the %temp% directory, or in the directory where the main source code file is if the following option is checked

Compiler > Compiler Options... > Compile/Run > [ ] Create temporary executable in the source directory

Depending on what you are doing, there can be more temporary EXEs created by PB, named "PureBasic_Compilation1.exe", "PureBasic_Compilation2.exe" etc. You'll have to enter all those file names (or a matching pattern, if possible) into the white list of your anti virus program.