"Access Denied" error while compiling map.

[JugginBrain]

I'm having an issue in the Hammer editor when I try to compile my map. I put in a custom command in the expert compile options (I typed it correctly and it's on the right line) and when I compile the map I get this error message:

 ** Executing...
** Command: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\GarrysMod\bin\vbsp.exe"
** Parameters: -game "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\GarrysMod\garrysmod" "c:\mymaps\secretbase"

FileSystem_LoadSearchPaths
Valve Software - vbsp.exe (Jun 10 2020)
8 threads
materialPath: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\GarrysMod\garrysmod\materials
Loading c:\mymaps\secretbase.vmf
fixing up env_cubemap materials on brush sides...
ProcessBlock_Thread: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
ProcessBlock_Thread: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
Processing areas...done (0)
Building Faces...done (0)
FixTjuncs...
PruneNodes...
WriteBSP...
done (0)
writing c:\mymaps\secretbase.prt...Building visibility clusters...
done (0)
Creating default LDR cubemaps for env_cubemap using skybox materials:
   skybox/sky_day01_09*.vmt
 ! Run buildcubemaps in the engine to get the correct cube maps.
Creating default HDR cubemaps for env_cubemap using skybox materials:
   skybox/sky_day01_09*.vmt
 ! Run buildcubemaps in the engine to get the correct cube maps.
Finding displacement neighbors...
Finding lightmap sample positions...
Displacement Alpha : 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10
Building Physics collision data...
done (0) (49428 bytes)
Placing detail props : 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10
Compacting texture/material tables...
Reduced 254 texinfos to 148
Reduced 77 texdatas to 55 (3146 bytes to 2195)
Writing c:\mymaps\secretbase.bsp
0 seconds elapsed

** Executing...
** Command: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\GarrysMod\bin\vvis.exe"
** Parameters: -game "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\GarrysMod\garrysmod" "c:\mymaps\secretbase"

Valve Software - vvis.exe (Jun 10 2020)
FileSystem_LoadSearchPaths
8 threads
reading c:\mymaps\secretbase.bsp
reading c:\mymaps\secretbase.prt
 295 portalclusters
 796 numportals
BasePortalVis:       0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
PortalFlow:          0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
Optimized: 128 visible clusters (0.44%)
Total clusters visible: 29409
Average clusters visible: 99
Building PAS...
Average clusters audible: 201
visdatasize:23337  compressed from 23600
writing c:\mymaps\secretbase.bsp
0 seconds elapsed

** Executing...
** Command: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\GarrysMod\bin\vrad.exe"
** Parameters: -both -final -game "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\GarrysMod\garrysmod" "c:\mymaps\secretbase"

Valve Software - vrad.exe SSE (Jun 10 2020)

      Valve Radiosity Simulator     
FileSystem_LoadSearchPaths
8 threads
[Reading texlights from 'lights.rad']
[45 texlights parsed from 'lights.rad']

Loading c:\mymaps\secretbase.bsp
PREP OK
Setting up ray-trace acceleration structure... Done (0.02 seconds)
1001 faces
840164 square feet [120983664.00 square inches]
0 Displacements
0 Square Feet [0.00 Square Inches]
1001 patches before subdivision
16273 patches after subdivision
35 direct lights
BuildFacelights:     0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
BuildVisLeafs:       0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
transfers 202283, max 434
transfer lists:   1.5 megs
GatherLight:         0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
	Bounce #1 added RGB(15762, 11647, 6568)
GatherLight:         0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
	Bounce #2 added RGB(1190, 745, 386)
GatherLight:         0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
	Bounce #3 added RGB(90, 47, 22)
GatherLight:         0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
	Bounce #4 added RGB(7, 3, 1)
GatherLight:         0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
	Bounce #5 added RGB(1, 0, 0)
Build Patch/Sample Hash Table(s).....Done<0.0034 sec>
FinalLightFace:      0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
FinalLightFace Done
0 of 0 (0% of) surface lights went in leaf ambient cubes.
ThreadComputeLeafAmbient: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (3)
Writing leaf ambient...done
Ready to Finish

Object names       Objects/Maxobjs  Memory / Maxmem  Fullness 
------------       ---------------  ---------------  -------- 
models                  19/4096          912/196608   ( 0.5%) 
brushes                128/16384        1536/196608   ( 0.8%) 
brushsides             770/65536        6160/524288   ( 1.2%) 
planes                 542/65536       10840/1310720  ( 0.8%) 
vertexes              1600/65536       19200/786432   ( 2.4%) 
nodes                  769/65536       24608/2097152  ( 1.2%) 
texinfos               148/12288       10656/884736   ( 1.2%) 
texdata                 55/2048         1760/65536    ( 2.7%) 
dispinfos                0/0               0/0        ( 0.0%) 
disp_verts               0/0               0/0        ( 0.0%) 
disp_tris                0/0               0/0        ( 0.0%) 
disp_lmsamples           0/0               0/0        ( 0.0%) 
faces                 1001/65536       56056/3670016  ( 1.5%) 
hdr faces                0/65536           0/3670016  ( 0.0%) 
origfaces              469/65536       26264/3670016  ( 0.7%) 
leaves                 789/65536       25248/2097152  ( 1.2%) 
leaffaces             1121/65536        2242/131072   ( 1.7%) 
leafbrushes            411/65536         822/131072   ( 0.6%) 
areas                    2/1024           16/8192     ( 0.2%) 
surfedges             6490/512000      25960/2048000  ( 1.3%) 
edges                 3551/256000      14204/1024000  ( 1.4%) 
LDR worldlights         35/8192         3080/720896   ( 0.4%) 
HDR worldlights          0/8192            0/720896   ( 0.0%) 
leafwaterdata            1/32768          12/393216   ( 0.0%) 
waterstrips             62/32768         620/327680   ( 0.2%) 
waterverts               0/65536           0/786432   ( 0.0%) 
waterindices          1017/65536        2034/131072   ( 1.6%) 
cubemapsamples         112/1024         1792/16384    (10.9%) 
overlays                 0/512             0/180224   ( 0.0%) 
LDR lightdata         [variable]      673760/0        ( 0.0%) 
HDR lightdata         [variable]           0/0        ( 0.0%) 
visdata               [variable]       23337/16777216 ( 0.1%) 
entdata               [variable]       39990/393216   (10.2%) 
LDR ambient table      789/65536        3156/262144   ( 1.2%) 
HDR ambient table      789/65536        3156/262144   ( 1.2%) 
LDR leaf ambient      1960/65536       54880/1835008  ( 3.0%) 
HDR leaf ambient       789/65536       22092/1835008  ( 1.2%) 
occluders                0/0               0/0        ( 0.0%) 
occluder polygons        0/0               0/0        ( 0.0%) 
occluder vert ind        0/0               0/0        ( 0.0%) 
detail props          [variable]           1/12       ( 8.3%) 
static props          [variable]           1/1762     ( 0.1%) 
pakfile               [variable]    10257041/0        ( 0.0%) 
physics               [variable]       49428/4194304  ( 1.2%) 
physics terrain       [variable]           2/1048576  ( 0.0%) 

Level flags = 0

Total triangle count: 2612
Writing c:\mymaps\secretbase.bsp
3 seconds elapsed
Valve Software - vrad.exe SSE (Jun 10 2020)

      Valve Radiosity Simulator     
FileSystem_LoadSearchPaths
8 threads
[Reading texlights from 'lights.rad']
[45 texlights parsed from 'lights.rad']

Loading c:\mymaps\secretbase.bsp
PREP OK
Setting up ray-trace acceleration structure... Done (0.02 seconds)
1001 faces
840164 square feet [120983664.00 square inches]
0 Displacements
0 Square Feet [0.00 Square Inches]
1001 patches before subdivision
16273 patches after subdivision
35 direct lights
BuildFacelights:     0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
BuildVisLeafs:       0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
transfers 202283, max 434
transfer lists:   1.5 megs
GatherLight:         0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
	Bounce #1 added RGB(15762, 11647, 6568)
GatherLight:         0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
	Bounce #2 added RGB(1190, 745, 386)
GatherLight:         0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
	Bounce #3 added RGB(90, 47, 22)
GatherLight:         0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
	Bounce #4 added RGB(7, 3, 1)
GatherLight:         0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (0)
	Bounce #5 added RGB(1, 0, 0)
Build Patch/Sample Hash Table(s).....Done<0.0035 sec>
FinalLightFace:      0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (1)
FinalLightFace Done
0 of 0 (0% of) surface lights went in leaf ambient cubes.
ThreadComputeLeafAmbient: 0...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10 (2)
Writing leaf ambient...done
Ready to Finish

Object names       Objects/Maxobjs  Memory / Maxmem  Fullness 
------------       ---------------  ---------------  -------- 
models                  19/4096          912/196608   ( 0.5%) 
brushes                128/16384        1536/196608   ( 0.8%) 
brushsides             770/65536        6160/524288   ( 1.2%) 
planes                 542/65536       10840/1310720  ( 0.8%) 
vertexes              1600/65536       19200/786432   ( 2.4%) 
nodes                  769/65536       24608/2097152  ( 1.2%) 
texinfos               148/12288       10656/884736   ( 1.2%) 
texdata                 55/2048         1760/65536    ( 2.7%) 
dispinfos                0/0               0/0        ( 0.0%) 
disp_verts               0/0               0/0        ( 0.0%) 
disp_tris                0/0               0/0        ( 0.0%) 
disp_lmsamples           0/0               0/0        ( 0.0%) 
faces                 1001/65536       56056/3670016  ( 1.5%) 
hdr faces             1001/65536       56056/3670016  ( 1.5%) 
origfaces              469/65536       26264/3670016  ( 0.7%) 
leaves                 789/65536       25248/2097152  ( 1.2%) 
leaffaces             1121/65536        2242/131072   ( 1.7%) 
leafbrushes            411/65536         822/131072   ( 0.6%) 
areas                    2/1024           16/8192     ( 0.2%) 
surfedges             6490/512000      25960/2048000  ( 1.3%) 
edges                 3551/256000      14204/1024000  ( 1.4%) 
LDR worldlights         35/8192         3080/720896   ( 0.4%) 
HDR worldlights         35/8192         3080/720896   ( 0.4%) 
leafwaterdata            1/32768          12/393216   ( 0.0%) 
waterstrips             62/32768         620/327680   ( 0.2%) 
waterverts               0/65536           0/786432   ( 0.0%) 
waterindices          1017/65536        2034/131072   ( 1.6%) 
cubemapsamples         112/1024         1792/16384    (10.9%) 
overlays                 0/512             0/180224   ( 0.0%) 
LDR lightdata         [variable]      673760/0        ( 0.0%) 
HDR lightdata         [variable]      673760/0        ( 0.0%) 
visdata               [variable]       23337/16777216 ( 0.1%) 
entdata               [variable]       39990/393216   (10.2%) 
LDR ambient table      789/65536        3156/262144   ( 1.2%) 
HDR ambient table      789/65536        3156/262144   ( 1.2%) 
LDR leaf ambient      1960/65536       54880/1835008  ( 3.0%) 
HDR leaf ambient      1960/65536       54880/1835008  ( 3.0%) 
occluders                0/0               0/0        ( 0.0%) 
occluder polygons        0/0               0/0        ( 0.0%) 
occluder vert ind        0/0               0/0        ( 0.0%) 
detail props          [variable]           1/12       ( 8.3%) 
static props          [variable]           1/1762     ( 0.1%) 
pakfile               [variable]    10257041/0        ( 0.0%) 
physics               [variable]       49428/4194304  ( 1.2%) 
physics terrain       [variable]           2/1048576  ( 0.0%) 

Level flags = 0

Total triangle count: 2612
Writing c:\mymaps\secretbase.bsp
3 seconds elapsed

** Executing...
** Command: bspzip.exe
** Parameters: -deletecubemaps "c:\mymaps\secretbase.bsp"

* Could not execute the command:
   bspzip.exe -deletecubemaps "c:\mymaps\secretbase.bsp"
* Windows gave the error message:
   "Access is denied."

** Executing...
** Command: Copy File
** Parameters: "c:\mymaps\secretbase.bsp" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\GarrysMod\garrysmod\maps\secretbase.bsp"


** Executing...
** Command: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\GarrysMod\hl2.exe"
** Parameters: -dev -console -allowdebug -game "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\GarrysMod\garrysmod" +map "secretbase"

Here's what my map is doing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ceOpfK8u-c

If anyone knows how to fix this issue please let me know.

[Ttiki]

Probably because of the location of your folder. You folder mymaps is directly under C:/
Try putting it on another hardrive or in your document / desktop...
Or it's comming from the executable bspzip.exe.

[JugginBrain]

I looked at some other conversations and they said to have a shorter file path. When I first had this problem, the folder was already on my desktop.

[JugginBrain]

I'm using a guide to help fix cubemap reflections (first real map i'm working on.) Here is the link if it helps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pv1LagQWkw