ar.exe: \;: No such file or directory

[walker]

yes, I have read this post, still could not fix the problem
http://forums.codeblocks.org/index.php?topic=2218.0

when I try to built a static library, new nightly build, Winxp-pro
this is error output when I compile a static lib project (a simple static lib project auto-generated by cb)
-------------- Build: Debug in slib ---------------
Compiling: main.c
Linking static library: libslib.a
ar.exe: libslib.a: No such file or directory
Process terminated with status 1 (0 minutes, 0 seconds)
0 errors, 0 warnings

"no such file or directory", what does this mean? could not find ar.exe or the object files?

(1) the problem occurred after I manually delete all keys of code::blocks in registry table when I tried to have a clean new install.
also cleaned the confiugreation folder under the "document and setting\ ... " folder,   

(2)cannot repeat this problem in another machine, I compared the cbp files, exact the same,
I guess the problem is caused some setting saved in registry table. just wonder how to clean cb completely from the system,

(3) the following is a project file generate by creating a new static lib, don't know if something wrong here

(4) when I re-install the rc2, no such problem,
thanks

Code

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<CodeBlocks_project_file>
	<FileVersion major="1" minor="5" />
	<Project>
		<Option title="slib" />
		<Option pch_mode="2" />
		<Option default_target="" />
		<Option compiler="gcc" />
		<Option virtualFolders="" />
		<Build>
			<Target title="Debug">
				<Option output="libslib.a" prefix_auto="1" extension_auto="1" />
				<Option working_dir="" />
				<Option object_output="obj\Debug\" />
				<Option type="2" />
				<Option compiler="gcc" />
				<Option createDefFile="1" />
				<Compiler>
					<Add option="-g" />
				</Compiler>
			</Target>
			<Target title="Release">
				<Option output="libslib.a" prefix_auto="1" extension_auto="1" />
				<Option working_dir="" />
				<Option object_output="obj\Release\" />
				<Option type="2" />
				<Option compiler="gcc" />
				<Option createDefFile="1" />
				<Compiler>
					<Add option="-O2" />
				</Compiler>
				<Linker>
					<Add option="-s" />
				</Linker>
			</Target>
		</Build>
		<Compiler>
			<Add option="-Wall" />
		</Compiler>
		<Unit filename="main.c">
			<Option compilerVar="CC" />
			<Option target="Debug" />
			<Option target="Release" />
		</Unit>
		<Extensions />
	</Project>
</CodeBlocks_project_file>

[killerbot]

seems you might still be using CB rc2 ? Uninstall it, clean the registry (CB entries), and install a nightly build, everything should be ok again.

[walker]

thanks for your reply,
I did the following clean-up, still ...

(1) run c:\program files\codeblocks\uninstall0000.exe  (from rc2) uninstall it
(2) delete the folder  C:\Documents and Settings\secondo\Application Data\codeblocks
(3) remove the registry entry:  hkey_current_user\software\codeblocks

(4) then in c:\program files\codeblocks\  folder, I unzipped the
wxmsw26u_gcc_cb_wx2.6.3p2.7z
CB_20061117_rev3230_win32.7z

(5) restart cb
en error msg:
can not enumerate files in the direcotry
c:\documents and setting\***\application data\codeblocks/share/codeblocks/plugins'
error 3: the system cannot find the path specified

ignore it

create a new static lib project, ctrl+F9

still the same error msg, no .a file created
-------------- Build: Debug in slib2 ---------------
Compiling: main.c
Linking static library: libslib2.a
ar.exe: libslib2.a: No such file or directory
Process terminated with status 1 (0 minutes, 0 seconds)
0 errors, 0 warnings

I missed something? or something wrong?

thanks