[Tex/LaTex] biber cannot find control file

biberbibliographies

I am writing my bachelor thesis and I struggle with creating a proper bibliography.
After having serious problems using bibtex, I have been trying to use biblatex and biber instead, but biber does not create a bibliography at all.
Instead, I get this error message

"INFO – This is Biber 2.2 INFO – Logfile is 'minimal.blg'

ERROR – Cannot find control file 'minimal.bcf'! – did you pass the "backend=biber" option to BibLaTeX? INFO – ERRORS: 1"

Although similar questions have already been asked (e. g. Error: Cannot find control file 'references.bcf'! – did you pass the "backend=biber" option to BibLaTeX?), the solutions do not help me at all.

I am using TeXLive 2015.

This is my minimal working example:

\documentclass{scrreprt} 

\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

\usepackage[british]{babel}

\usepackage{csquotes}

\usepackage[backend=biber,
style=numeric,
bibencoding=utf8,
natbib=true,
hyperref=true,
sorting=none
]{biblatex}

\addbibresource{sourcesMinimal.bib} 

\usepackage{xcolor}

\usepackage{hyperref} 
    \AtBeginDocument{\renewcommand{\figureautorefname}{figure}}
    \renewcommand{\tableautorefname}{Tab.}
    \hypersetup{
        colorlinks=false,
        allbordercolors={white}}

\begin{document}

test\cite{UniversityofVirginiaSchoolofMedicine.2015}.
test\cite{Yoshie.2004}.

\printbibliography
\end{document}

and this is the corresponding .bib file:

@misc{UniversityofVirginiaSchoolofMedicine.2015,
 author = {{University of Virginia - School of Medicine: Department of Pharmacology}},
 editor = {{University of Virginia - School of Medicine}},
 year = {2015},
 title = {Atomic Force Microscope (AFM)},
 url = {https://pharm.virginia.edu/facilities/atomic-force-microscope-afm/},
 urldate = {2015-09-30}
}


@article{Yoshie.2004,
 author = {Yoshie, T. and Scherer, A. and Hendrickson, J. and Khitrova, G. and Gibbs, H. M. and Rupper, G. and Ell, C. and Shchekin, O. B. and Deppe, D. G.},
 year = {2004},
 title = {Vacuum Rabi splitting with a single quantum dot in a photonic crystal nanocavity},
 pages = {200--203},
 pagination = {page},
 volume = {432},
 number = {7014},
 issn = {1476-4687},
 journal = {Nature},
 doi = {10.1038/nature03119}
}

Here is the corresponding log file:

Package: hobsub-generic 2012/05/28 v1.13 Bundle oberdiek, subset generic (HO)
Package: hobsub 2012/05/28 v1.13 Construct package bundles (HO)
Package hobsub Info: Skipping package `infwarerr' (already loaded).
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Package hobsub Info: Skipping package `ifluatex' (already loaded).
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Package ifvtex Info: VTeX not detected.
Package: intcalc 2007/09/27 v1.1 Expandable calculations with integers (HO)
Package: ifpdf 2011/01/30 v2.3 Provides the ifpdf switch (HO)
Package ifpdf Info: pdfTeX in PDF mode is detected.
Package hobsub Info: Skipping package `etexcmds' (already loaded).
Package hobsub Info: Skipping package `kvsetkeys' (already loaded).
Package: kvdefinekeys 2011/04/07 v1.3 Define keys (HO)
Package: pdftexcmds 2011/11/29 v0.20 Utility functions of pdfTeX for LuaTeX (HO
)
Package pdftexcmds Info: LuaTeX not detected.
Package pdftexcmds Info: \pdf@primitive is available.
Package pdftexcmds Info: \pdf@ifprimitive is available.
Package pdftexcmds Info: \pdfdraftmode found.
Package: pdfescape 2011/11/25 v1.13 Implements pdfTeX's escape features (HO)
Package: bigintcalc 2012/04/08 v1.3 Expandable calculations on big integers (HO
)
Package: bitset 2011/01/30 v1.1 Handle bit-vector datatype (HO)
Package: uniquecounter 2011/01/30 v1.2 Provide unlimited unique counter (HO)
)
Package hobsub Info: Skipping package `hobsub' (already loaded).
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Package: hopatch 2012/05/28 v1.2 Wrapper for package hooks (HO)
Package: xcolor-patch 2011/01/30 xcolor patch
Package: atveryend 2011/06/30 v1.8 Hooks at the very end of document (HO)
Package: atbegshi 2011/10/05 v1.16 At begin shipout hook (HO)
Package: refcount 2011/10/16 v3.4 Data extraction from label references (HO)
Package: hycolor 2011/01/30 v1.7 Color options for hyperref/bookmark (HO)
)
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Package: ifxetex 2010/09/12 v0.6 Provides ifxetex conditional
)
(c:/texlive/2015/texmf-dist/tex/latex/oberdiek/auxhook.sty
Package: auxhook 2011/03/04 v1.3 Hooks for auxiliary files (HO)
)
\@linkdim=\dimen104
\Hy@linkcounter=\count281
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(c:/texlive/2015/texmf-dist/tex/latex/hyperref/pd1enc.def
File: pd1enc.def 2012/11/06 v6.83m Hyperref: PDFDocEncoding definition (HO)
Now handling font encoding PD1 ...
... no UTF-8 mapping file for font encoding PD1
)
\Hy@SavedSpaceFactor=\count283
(c:/texlive/2015/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig/hyperref.cfg
File: hyperref.cfg 2002/06/06 v1.2 hyperref configuration of TeXLive
)
Package hyperref Info: Hyper figures OFF on input line 4443.
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LaTeX Info: Redefining \url on input line 5041.
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Package hyperref Info: Hyper figures OFF on input line 6295.
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Package hyperref Info: PDF/A mode OFF on input line 6325.
LaTeX Info: Redefining \ref on input line 6365.
LaTeX Info: Redefining \pageref on input line 6369.
\Hy@abspage=\count286
\c@Item=\count287
\c@Hfootnote=\count288
)
Package hyperref Message: Driver (autodetected): hpdftex.
(c:/texlive/2015/texmf-dist/tex/latex/hyperref/hpdftex.def
File: hpdftex.def 2012/11/06 v6.83m Hyperref driver for pdfTeX
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(c:/texlive/2015/texmf-dist/tex/latex/oberdiek/rerunfilecheck.sty
Package: rerunfilecheck 2011/04/15 v1.7 Rerun checks for auxiliary files (HO)
Package uniquecounter Info: New unique counter `rerunfilecheck' on input line 2
82.
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\Hy@SectionHShift=\skip62
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Package hyperref Info: Option `colorlinks' set `false' on input line 25.
Package csquotes Info: Checking for multilingual support...
Package csquotes Info: ... found 'babel' package.
Package csquotes Info: Adjusting default style.
Package csquotes Info: Redefining alias 'default' -> 'british'.
Package biblatex Info: Trying to load language 'british'...
Package biblatex Info: ... file 'british.lbx' found.
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File: british.lbx 2015/10/21 v3.1 biblatex localization (PK/JW/AB)
Package biblatex Info: Trying to load language 'english'...
Package biblatex Info: ... file 'english.lbx' found.
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File: english.lbx 2015/10/21 v3.1 biblatex localization (PK/JW/AB)
))
(build/minimal.aux)
\openout1 = `minimal.aux'.
LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for OML/cmm/m/it on input line 30.
LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 30.
LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for T1/cmr/m/n on input line 30.
LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 30.
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LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 30.
LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for PD1/pdf/m/n on input line 30.
LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 30.
Package biblatex Info: Input encoding 'utf8' detected.
Package biblatex Info: Data encoding 'utf8' specified.
(biblatex) No need to reencode data.
\openout3 = `minimal.bcf'.
Package biblatex Info: Trying to load bibliographic data...
Package biblatex Info: ... file 'minimal.bbl' not found.
No file minimal.bbl.
Package biblatex Info: Reference section=0 on input line 30.
Package biblatex Info: Reference segment=0 on input line 30.
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Package: nameref 2012/10/27 v2.43 Cross-referencing by name of section
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Package: gettitlestring 2010/12/03 v1.4 Cleanup title references (HO)
)
\c@section@level=\count297
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LaTeX Info: Redefining \ref on input line 30.
LaTeX Info: Redefining \pageref on input line 30.
LaTeX Info: Redefining \nameref on input line 30.
(build/minimal.out) (build/minimal.out)
\@outlinefile=\write4
\openout4 = `minimal.out'.
LaTeX Warning: Citation 'UniversityofVirginiaSchoolofMedicine.2015' on page 1 u
ndefined on input line 32.
LaTeX Warning: Citation 'Yoshie.2004' on page 1 undefined on input line 34.
LaTeX Warning: Empty bibliography on input line 36.
Package atveryend Info: Empty hook `BeforeClearDocument' on input line 38.
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Package atveryend Info: Empty hook `AfterLastShipout' on input line 38.
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hopatch.sty 2012/05/28 v1.2 Wrapper for package hooks (HO)
xcolor-patch.sty 2011/01/30 xcolor patch
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atbegshi.sty 2011/10/05 v1.16 At begin shipout hook (HO)
refcount.sty 2011/10/16 v3.4 Data extraction from label references (HO)
hycolor.sty 2011/01/30 v1.7 Color options for hyperref/bookmark (HO)
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supp-pdf.mkii
nameref.sty 2012/10/27 v2.43 Cross-referencing by name of section
gettitlestring.sty 2010/12/03 v1.4 Cleanup title references (HO)
minimal.out

If you could help me, this would be the best Christmas present this year!

Problem was solved by avoiding an extra output folder (see comments)

Best Answer

Run this test document and tell us if it works.

\documentclass{scrreprt} 
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[british]{babel}
\usepackage[autostyle]{csquotes}
\usepackage[natbib,hyperref,sorting=none]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{biblatex-examples.bib} 
\usepackage{hyperref} 
\begin{document}
foo\nocite{*}   
\printbibliography
\end{document}