Unable to open file to serialize symbols: Error Access Denied: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Team Tools\Performance Tools\sample10.vsp

Question

I am just attaching a profiler then calling a static library and then detaching it. When i open the vsp file i am getting the error can anyine tellme what is the problem.I have added the code below.

#include "iostream"
#include "sstream"
#include<stdlib.h>
#include "final.cpp"
#include "Thefinal.cpp"
#include<Windows.h>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
    unsigned int pid=(unsigned int)GetCurrentProcessId();
    stringstream ss;
    ss << pid;
    std::string PID = ss.str();
        std::string fileOutputCommand="\"\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\\Team Tools\\Performance Tools\\VSPerfCmd.exe\" /start:sample/output:\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\\Team Tools\\Performance Tools\\sample10.vsp\"\"";
    std::string aCommand="\"\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\\Team Tools\\Performance Tools\\VSPerfCmd.exe\"/attach:\"\"";
    string attachCommand=aCommand+PID;
    std::string dCommand="\"\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\\Team Tools\\Performance Tools\\VSPerfCmd.exe\"/detach:\"\"";
    string detachCommand=dCommand+PID;
    std::string shutdown = "\"\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\\Team Tools\\Performance Tools\\VSPerfCmd.exe\"/shutdown\"\"";
    system(fileOutputCommand.c_str());
    system(attachCommand.c_str());
    Thefinal b;
    int y = b.add_numbers1(10,15);
    cout<<y;
    final a;
    int x = a.add_numbers(5,10);
    cout<<x;
    system(detachCommand.c_str());
    system(shutdown.c_str());
}
When i open sample10.vsp i am getting the error stated above.

Answer 1

I suggest you to choose another location where you have permission to write to. Local application data, for example.

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Visual C++ MVP