A Null Handle Has Been Used

Application Verifier stop message

Handle violation detected. A NULL handle has been used.

Probable cause

This stop is generated if the function on the top of the stack passed a NULL handle to system routines.

Information displayed by Application Verifier in Tool Window

Handle - 0x00000000

Description - A NULL handle has been used

Additional info - Blank

Additional information

The current call stack will show where a NULL handle is being used. Usually this stop is followed by The Handle Used For The Current Operation is Invalid, where the call stack for the bad reference of the handle is shown.

Frequency of this stop is high.

See Also

Concepts

Handle Verifier