Visual Studio not working correctly inside vault folder

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Hi community!

First of all, thank you all so much for such a great software! I was looking for something like this for months and finally found it!

However, I have very bad problem, which if unable to solve, I’d be forced to try to look somewhere else or stop using mounting encrypting software at all.

As a developer, I’m using third party software for work, including Visual Studio from Microsoft. My idea to setup Cryptomator was having a folder, which would be encrypted for cloud providers, but on the other hand also synced. In it, I would store my sources and work on them, so I won’t be worried from having them lost after power outage or disk failure after allnighter coding. Experienced that multiple times… not funny :smiley:

My problem is simple. When I create Project/Solution inside my (decrypted) vault folder, I’m unable to compile/link/run from within it, when using Visual Studio. I can use compiler manually, however, even though, syntax highlighting is not working as it should. All in all, I can’t use my workflow as usually, so I’m forced to work outside of vault, so I’m sadly getting no benefit from using Cryptomator. :cry:

First run error:

Build started...
1>------ Build started: Project: ConsoleApplication1, Configuration: Debug x64 ------
1>ConsoleApplication1.cpp
1>C:\Users\MYUSER\Documents\Decrypted_Vault\ConsoleApplication1\ConsoleApplication1.cpp(21,1): fatal  error C1001: Internal compiler error.
1>(compiler file 'msc1.cpp', line 1592)
1> To work around this problem, try simplifying or changing the program near the locations listed above.
1>If possible please provide a repro here: https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com
1>Please choose the Technical Support command on the Visual C++
1> Help menu, or open the Technical Support help file for more information
1>INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR in 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.34.31933\bin\HostX64\x64\CL.exe'
1>    Please choose the Technical Support command on the Visual C++
1>    Help menu, or open the Technical Support help file for more information
1>Done building project "ConsoleApplication1.vcxproj" -- FAILED.
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========
========== Elapsed 00:03,770 ==========

Second+ run error:

Build started...
1>------ Build started: Project: ConsoleApplication1, Configuration: Debug x64 ------
1>ConsoleApplication1.cpp
1>C:\Users\MYUSER\Documents\Decrypted_Vault\ConsoleApplication1\ConsoleApplication1.cpp : fatal  error C1033: cannot open program database 'C:\Users\MYUSER\Documents\Decrypted_Vault\ConsoleApplication1\x64\Debug\vc143.idb'
1>Done building project "ConsoleApplication1.vcxproj" -- FAILED.
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========
========== Elapsed 00:00,749 ==========

Should you need any additional info to be able to help or fix, I’m ready to provide :wink: I’d really love to see it working!

Thanks.

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Hi Alfonzi,

which Volume type do you use? Under Windows, I got the best results with Dokany. If you use Fuse or WebDAV, give Dokany a chance.

Could it be, that Visual Studio needs admin authority in some cases (e.g. compiling)? Try to start Cryptomator as Administrator and see, whether your problems remain.

Bfn
Michael

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Hi Michael,

Thank you so much for your input!

First I tried running Cryptomator with admin privileges, however without any success. Then, I downloaded Dokany, latest version 1.*, as I found out, that versions from 2.* have some problems with Cryptomator.

There is slight improvement, because when I use Visual Studio Code (lightweight version of Visual Studio), syntax highlighting now works correctly (seems like, its able now to find path to included libraries). When I was using FUSE even this wasnt working.
However, syntax highlightning in Visual Studio and compiling is still not working, even with this Dokany filesystem. :frowning_face:

Any other tips much appreciated.

Thanks!

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Hi Alfonzi,

sorry, but my Visual Studio knowledge is nearly zero and I can’t give you any sound advice. VS as a Microsoft IDE will be highly integrated with Windows, .NET and so on. Maybe, your problems are based on the compatibility limits between Dokany / FUSE and NTFS. But that are really only assumptions.

Good luck for your further investigation :blush::raised_hand_with_fingers_splayed:

Bfn
Michael