Why won't the editor build the EXE file?

[Nos Energy Man]

Hey everyone...Hope all is well. I'm using a super old version of Adventure Game Studio and it won't build the game it just says it's building but no exe file shows up in the folder. Is my system too old? I'm just using this computer because I'm pretty broke and I'm trying to teach myself a new skill. I've gotten pretty far, I've made a lot of progress but I can only play the game through the editor. Does anyone know how to get it to compile successfully?

Thanks

[Crimson Wizard]

Please tell which version of AGS are you using exactly, and which steps do you do to build the game, which folder do you look in?

[glurex]

Did you have the "Compiled/Windows" folder open in the (Windows) explorer while building the EXE? I have noticed I have to close that folder before build the EXE.

[eri0o]

Does any error appears on the bottom of the Editor? (Something like "Unable to load")

Also have you installed the Editor or have you just run the ags editor from a zip? If you haven't installed AGS Editor ever before, you may be missing vc redistributables.

[Cassiebsg]

If you can play the game thru the editor, then AGS is building the game (it just deletes the files again once you done play testing).

Try copying those files to a new folder, and see if you can then play it from that folder.

[Danvzare]

Is it possible that Windows itself is preventing the EXE from being built because of file location permissions? It is after all the main reason why the config file for games compiled with AGS, is now no longer saved in the game's main folder.