Connecting native C++ dll with C# by C++/CLI wrapper, Visual Studio issue

Question

I'm working on a three projects.

The first one is a native C++ dll, let's name it as a native.dll.

The second is a C++/CLI dll (man.dll), which contains a bunch of wrapper functions (native.dll is statically linked).

Finally, the man.dll is used( as a reference) in a C# WinForm project. Everything work perfect, I can use a native function in C#, but after a couple(!) builds (in debug mode) the C# project, I can't recompile native.dll, I can't even delete this file because Windows says that the file is being in use by Visual Studio. Why?

I'm working in Visual Studio 2010.

Answer 1

Virus scanner can definately cause problems but in my experience they tend to be intermittent. Have you tried the obvious things: - restart visual studio? - logout then back in? - reboot?

Silly as it sounds in this day and age - sometimes it really can be that simple...