MASM : fatal error A1000: cannot open file : C:\masm32\aaa.asm

[Dark_Mark]

Hi. Ive just installed the MASM32 SDK and tried to assemble & link a simple program and Im always having this error message.

" Assembling: C:\masm32\aaa.asm
MASM : fatal error A1000: cannot open file : C:\masm32\aaa.asm "

And here is a screenshot.



Ive seen some people having the same error in this forum. And Ive tried the solutions but I couldn't solve the problem. Besides they were installed the MASM32 in directories other than C:\
What's the wrong with this and how can I solve it ?

Im using windows 8.1 x64 and both windows and MASM32 are installed in C:\

Thanks.

[dedndave]

where is the aaa.asm file located ?

to save a step - show us the code
even though it isn't at fault, it will save us some typing - lol

[jj2007]

"can't open" can mean "can't find" or "I'm blocked by something". As Dave wrote, check if the file exists, and if yes, try to find a reason why it cannot be opened. For example, using Microsoft Word for looking at your source is not a good idea, as it locks files.

[anunitu]

Not sure,but if you just up graded to 8.1(I just started using win7-64) you might be running into what I did at first...files blocked by the system. it took me a bit to figure out how to unset the block on files that came from outside(download) until I snooped a bit in the system.

as in "Files did not originate on this system" so blocked.

[FORTRANS]

Hi,

   You can open a command prompt session, then

CD \

to get to the root directory, then

DIR aaa.asm /S /P

to see if your source is in C:\MASM32 or someplace else.

HTH,

Steve