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Maven clean fails with AccessDeniedException while compile succeeds on Windows 11

calendar_today July 11, 2026 person Niranjan domain spring-boot

I’m facing an unusual issue with Maven where compile works successfully, but clean always fails with an AccessDeniedException. ## Environment - Windows 11 - Oracle JDK 26.0.1 - Apache Maven 3.9.16 (Maven Wrapper) - Spring Boot 4.1.0 - IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition ## Java and Maven versions text java -version java version "26.0.1" text .\mvnw.cmd -version Apache Maven 3.9.16 Java version: 26.0.1 Java home: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-26.0.1 ## Compile succeeds bash .\mvnw.cmd compile Output: text [INFO] BUILD SUCCESS ## Clean fails bash .\mvnw.cmd clean

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