COM Error Codes (STG, RPC)
The following table provides a list of error codes used by COM-based APIs.
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| Constant/value | Description |
|---|---|
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Unable to perform requested operation. |
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could not be found. |
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The path %1 could not be found. |
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There are insufficient resources to open another file. |
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Access Denied. |
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Attempted an operation on an invalid object. |
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There is insufficient memory available to complete operation. |
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Invalid pointer error. |
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There are no more entries to return. |
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Disk is write-protected. |
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An error occurred during a seek operation. |
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A disk error occurred during a write operation. |
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A disk error occurred during a read operation. |
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A share violation has occurred. |
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A lock violation has occurred. |
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already exists. |
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Invalid parameter error. |
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There is insufficient disk space to complete operation. |
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Illegal write of non-simple property to simple property set. |
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An API call exited abnormally. |
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The file %1 is not a valid compound file. |
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The name %1 is not valid. |
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An unexpected error occurred. |
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That function is not implemented. |
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Invalid flag error. |
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Attempted to use an object that is busy. |
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The storage has been changed since the last commit. |
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Attempted to use an object that has ceased to exist. |
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Can't save. |
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The compound file %1 was produced with an incompatible version of storage. |
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The compound file %1 was produced with a newer version of storage. |
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Share.exe or equivalent is required for operation. |
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Illegal operation called on non-file based storage. |
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Illegal operation called on object with extant marshallings. |
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The docfile has been corrupted. |
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OLE32.DLL has been loaded at the wrong address. |
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The compound file is too large for the current implementation |
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The compound file was not created with the STGM_SIMPLE flag |
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The file download was aborted abnormally. The file is incomplete. |
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The file download has been terminated. |
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The underlying file was converted to compound file format. |
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The storage operation should block until more data is available. |
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The storage operation should retry immediately. |
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The notified event sink will not influence the storage operation. |
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Multiple opens prevent consolidated. (commit succeeded). |
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Consolidation of the storage file failed. (commit succeeded). |
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Consolidation of the storage file is inappropriate. (commit succeeded). |
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Generic Copy Protection Error. |
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Copy Protection Error - DVD CSS Authentication failed. |
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Copy Protection Error - The given sector does not have a valid CSS key. |
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Copy Protection Error - DVD session key not established. |
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Copy Protection Error - The read failed because the sector is encrypted. |
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Copy Protection Error - The current DVD's region does not correspond to the region setting of the drive. |
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Copy Protection Error - The drive's region setting may be permanent or the number of user resets has been exhausted. |
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Call was rejected by callee. |
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Call was canceled by the message filter. |
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The caller is dispatching an intertask SendMessage call and cannot call out via PostMessage. |
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The caller is dispatching an asynchronous call and cannot make an outgoing call on behalf of this call. |
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It is illegal to call out while inside message filter. |
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The connection terminated or is in a bogus state and cannot be used any more. Other connections are still valid. |
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The callee (server [not server application]) is not available and disappeared; all connections are invalid. The call may have executed. |
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The caller (client) disappeared while the callee (server) was processing a call. |
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The data packet with the marshalled parameter data is incorrect. |
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The call was not transmitted properly; the message queue was full and was not emptied after yielding. |
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The client (caller) cannot marshal the parameter data - low memory, etc. |
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The client (caller) cannot unmarshal the return data - low memory, etc. |
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The server (callee) cannot marshal the return data - low memory, etc. |
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The server (callee) cannot unmarshal the parameter data - low memory, etc. |
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Received data is invalid; could be server or client data. |
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A particular parameter is invalid and cannot be (un)marshalled. |
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There is no second outgoing call on same channel in DDE conversation. |
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The callee (server [not server application]) is not available and disappeared; all connections are invalid. The call did not execute. |
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System call failed. |
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Could not allocate some required resource (memory, events, ...) |
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Attempted to make calls on more than one thread in single threaded mode. |
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The requested interface is not registered on the server object. |
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RPC could not call the server or could not return the results of calling the server. |
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The server threw an exception. |
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Cannot change thread mode after it is set. |
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The method called does not exist on the server. |
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The object invoked has disconnected from its clients. |
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The object invoked chose not to process the call now. Try again later. |
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The message filter indicated that the application is busy. |
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The message filter rejected the call. |
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A call control interfaces was called with invalid data. |
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An outgoing call cannot be made since the application is dispatching an input-synchronous call. |
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The application called an interface that was marshalled for a different thread. |
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CoInitialize has not been called on the current thread. |
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The version of OLE on the client and server machines does not match. |
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OLE received a packet with an invalid header. |
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OLE received a packet with an invalid extension. |
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The requested object or interface does not exist. |
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The requested object does not exist. |
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OLE has sent a request and is waiting for a reply. |
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OLE is waiting before retrying a request. |
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Call context cannot be accessed after call completed. |
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Impersonate on unsecure calls is not supported. |
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Security must be initialized before any interfaces are marshalled or unmarshalled. It cannot be changed once initialized. |
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No security packages are installed on this machine or the user is not logged on or there are no compatible security packages between the client and server. |
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Access is denied. |
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Remote calls are not allowed for this process. |
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The marshaled interface data packet (OBJREF) has an invalid or unknown format. |
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No context is associated with this call. This happens for some custom marshalled calls and on the client side of the call. |
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This operation returned because the timeout period expired. |
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There are no synchronize objects to wait on. |
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Full subject issuer chain SSL principal name expected from the server. |
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Principal name is not a valid MSSTD name. |
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Unable to impersonate DCOM client |
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Unable to obtain server's security context |
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Unable to open the access token of the current thread |
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Unable to obtain user info from an access token |
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The client who called IAccessControl::IsAccessPermitted was not the trustee provided to the method |
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Unable to obtain the client's security blanket |
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Unable to set a discretionary ACL into a security descriptor |
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The system function, AccessCheck, returned false |
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Either NetAccessDel or NetAccessAdd returned an error code. |
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One of the trustee strings provided by the user did not conform to the <Domain>\<Name> syntax and it was not the "*" string |
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One of the security identifiers provided by the user was invalid |
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Unable to convert a wide character trustee string to a multibyte trustee string |
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Unable to find a security identifier that corresponds to a trustee string provided by the user |
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The system function, LookupAccountSID, failed |
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Unable to find a trustee name that corresponds to a security identifier provided by the user |
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The system function, LookupAccountName, failed |
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Unable to set or reset a serialization handle |
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Unable to obtain the Windows directory |
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Path too long |
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Unable to generate a uuid. |
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Unable to create file |
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Unable to close a serialization handle or a file handle. |
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The number of ACEs in an ACL exceeds the system limit. |
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Not all the DENY_ACCESS ACEs are arranged in front of the GRANT_ACCESS ACEs in the stream. |
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The version of ACL format in the stream is not supported by this implementation of IAccessControl |
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Unable to open the access token of the server process |
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Unable to decode the ACL in the stream provided by the user |
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The COM IAccessControl object is not initialized |
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Call Cancellation is disabled |
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An internal error occurred. |
Requirements
| Requirement | Value |
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| Header |
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