Here's the output window from VS2019:
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Build started...
1>------ Build started: Project: fc_version, Configuration: Release x64 ------
1>Generating version_check
1>git
1>E:/Dev/FreeCAD19_Output/src/Build/Version.h.out written
1>Generating Version.h
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(240,5): warning MSB8065: Custom build for item "E:\Dev\FreeCAD19_Output\CMakeFiles\bfc1867e28e48ff3ba6cde6689ec44ff\version_check.rule" succeeded, but specified output "e:\dev\freecad19_output\src\build\version_check" has not been created. This may cause incremental build to work incorrectly.
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(240,5): warning MSB8064: Custom build for item "E:\Dev\FreeCAD19_Output\CMakeFiles\bfc1867e28e48ff3ba6cde6689ec44ff\Version.h.rule" succeeded, but specified dependency "e:\dev\freecad19_output\src\build\version_check" does not exist. This may cause incremental build to work incorrectly.
1>Done building project "fc_version.vcxproj".
========== Build: 1 succeeded, 0 failed, 109 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========
At the end of the build came this cheerful message:
![15Apr21_AccessDenied.png](./download/file.php?id=150335&sid=2f3711fa42f5a2c6c14b4cc263cf871a)
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So I copied the entire contents of the libpack bin directory into the FreeCAD output's bin directory (replacing files with the same names). So, attempting to launch Freecad.exe yields this:
![15Apr21_AfterLibPackCopy.png](./download/file.php?id=150336&sid=2f3711fa42f5a2c6c14b4cc263cf871a)
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I MUST have something truly weird about my machine/dev configuration. I can't believe the Master branch is in this state
Frank