[Flat File Destination [220]] Error: Failed to write out column name for column "Column 2"

I am using SSIS to extract fixed width data into a flat file destination and I keep getting below error. I have tried almost everything in this forum but still no solution. can anyone help me out to solve this problem.
[Flat File Destination [220]] Error: Failed to write out column name for column "Column 2".
[SSIS.Pipeline] Error: component "Flat File Destination" (220) failed the pre-execute phase and returned error code 0xC0202095
Thanks

Hi Giss68,
Could you check the Advanced tab of the Flat File Connection Manager to see whether the InputColumnWidth and the OutputColumnWidth properties of the Column2 has the same value? Please refer to the following link about the same topic:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10292091/how-do-i-fix-failed-to-write-error-while-exporting-data-to-ragged-right-flat-fil
If it doesn’t work, please post the sample data and the advanced settings of Column2 for further analysis.
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