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could not create parent directory for lock file

William Nguyen answered on September 4, 2022 Popularity 9/10 Helpfulness 2/10

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could not create parent directory for lock file

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A lock file is a file. Files can only be found or created in a directory; i.e. the "parent directory" that the message refers to. The message says that it (Intellij) cannot create the parent directory. (Presumably it is trying to create the directory because it is missing, and because it then wants to create a lock file. Anyway, there will be a reason it is trying to create the directory.)
So why can't it create the parent directory?
Well we can't tell from the information you have provided, but there are a number of possible reasons:
The IDE may not have the necessary permissions. For example, the parent of the directory may be read only. (For the user account running the IDE.)
Something that is not a directory may exist with the same pathname as the parent directory. For example, if the IDE was trying to create C:/a/b/myLockFile and there was an existing file named C:/a/b, then creating a directory C:/a/b should fail.
The parent of the parent may not exist. For example, if the lock file pathname was C:/a/b/myLockFile, and the directory C:/a did not exist then the IDE might not be willing to create that directory.

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