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Delphi ide does not generate exe file

Problem: I compile a Delphi Program within the Delphi IDE and it's not generating the EXE file. This seems like some misconfiguration of the environment but I where? Answer: Check the following options: 1) is there an existing EXE file that cannot be deleted/ overwritten because it is set to read-only or maybe still running? Check the task manager. I have frequently the following situation in one project: - I run the freshly compiled EXE from the IDE - the EXE terminates itself upon an error condition and restarts itself - I close the newly started instance. Delphi then cannot overwrite the EXE file even though no instance is running. I have to close and restart Delphi. (Experiencing this with Delphi 3) 2) Maybe the EXE file is put to an unexpected (separate) directory? Check Project->Options...->Directories/Conditionals->Output Directory. 3) Maybe someone changed the extension for the application from '.EXE' to something else? Under GEM the extension '.APP' was common.. So check Project->Options...->Application->Target File Extension