Microsoft visual studio: Cannot find file specified - c++

Question

Hi I have been having problems with Microsoft VS.
When I try to run simple code such as:
#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
cout << "hello" << endl;
return 0;
}
I get an error message saying:
"Unable to start program 'C:\elevator\Debug\elevator.exe'.'
the system cannot find the file specified"
This message has been coming up for a long time. I do not believe it's any problem with my code. My program will be compiling fine then all of a sudden this error will come up without me even changing the code. I have tried uninstalling and re installing VS which didn't work. I have also spent a long time searching Google for the solution to no avail.
This is the output I get when trying to run the above code:
1>------ Build started: Project: elevator, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
1>Build started 26/02/2014 14:49:21.
1>InitializeBuildStatus:
1> Touching "Debug\elevator.unsuccessfulbuild".
1>ClCompile:
1> All outputs are up-to-date.
1> All outputs are up-to-date.
1>ManifestResourceCompile:
1> All outputs are up-to-date.
1>LINK : fatal error LNK1123: failure during conversion to COFF: file invalid or corrupt
1>
1>Build FAILED.
1>
1>Time Elapsed 00:00:00.20
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

Answer 1

Maybe you have an anti-virus that detects your new program as problematic, and puts it to quarantine as soon as it is compiled.

Answer 2

I think I've found a solution for some C++ projects in vs2010. If you are using 'incremental linking' you will have this "fatal error LNK1123: failure during conversion to COFF: file invalid or corrupt". In my case I've swiched it to "No", and now project compiles and run without any problem.
If you want to try go to: Project Properties -> Configuration Properties -> Linker (General) -> Enable Incremental Linking -> "No (/INCREMENTAL:NO)"
about "Incremental Linking": http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/4khtbfyf(v=vs.100).aspx