ID:226001 Can't create Verilog Quartus Mapping File <name> in project directory

CAUSE: In the File name box in the Compilation Process Settings page of the Settings dialog box, you specified the current project directory, but the Quartus Prime software cannot create a Verilog Quartus Mapping File (.vqm), which contains intermediate synthesis results, in this directory. You cannot continue unless you specify another directory, or turn off Save a node-level netlist into a persistent source file in the Compilation Process Settings page.

ACTION: Click OK to close the message dialog box, and then specify a different directory.