On 18 March 2016 at 17:39, Dave Wagler wrote: > Code::Blocks 13.12 on Linux Mint 17.3 amd64 using gcc 4.8.4 is generating > executables named .fuse_hidden* (e.g. .fuse_hidden0000060300000002). This is > in addition to the normal executable named for the project. Are these files > created by gcc? If so, is there an option that will suppress them? They're nothing to do with GCC. Are you sure they aren't being created by a FUSE filesystem? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_in_Userspace Are you using an NTFS disk or something like that?