COM Error Codes (Generic)
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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Catastrophic failure |
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Not implemented |
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Ran out of memory |
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One or more arguments are invalid |
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No such interface supported |
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Invalid pointer |
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Invalid handle |
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Operation aborted |
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Unspecified error |
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General access denied error |
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The data necessary to complete this operation is not yet available. |
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The operation attempted to access data outside the valid range |
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A concurrent or interleaved operation changed the state of the object, invalidating this operation. |
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An illegal state change was requested. |
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A method was called at an unexpected time. |
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Typename or Namespace was not found in metadata file. |
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Name is an existing namespace rather than a typename. |
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Typename has an invalid format. |
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Metadata file is invalid or corrupted. |
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The object has been closed. |
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Only one thread may access the object during a write operation. |
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Operation is prohibited during change notification. |
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The text associated with this error code could not be found. |
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String not null terminated. |
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A delegate was assigned when not allowed. |
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An async operation was not properly started. |
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The application is exiting and cannot service this request. |
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The application view is exiting and cannot service this request. |
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The object must support the IAgileObject interface. |
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Activating a single-threaded class from MTA is not supported. |
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The object has been committed. |
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Thread local storage failure |
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Get shared memory allocator failure |
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Get memory allocator failure |
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Unable to initialize class cache |
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Unable to initialize RPC services |
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Cannot set thread local storage channel control |
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Could not allocate thread local storage channel control |
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The user supplied memory allocator is unacceptable |
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The OLE service mutex already exists |
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The OLE service file mapping already exists |
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Unable to map view of file for OLE service |
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Failure attempting to launch OLE service |
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There was an attempt to call CoInitialize a second time while single threaded |
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A Remote activation was necessary but was not allowed |
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A Remote activation was necessary but the server name provided was invalid |
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The class is configured to run as a security id different from the caller |
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Use of Ole1 services requiring DDE windows is disabled |
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A RunAs specification must be <domain name>\<user name> or simply <user name>. |
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The server process could not be started. The pathname may be incorrect. |
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The server process could not be started as the configured identity. The pathname may be incorrect or unavailable. |
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The server process could not be started because the configured identity is incorrect. Check the user name and password. |
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The client is not allowed to launch this server. |
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The service providing this server could not be started. |
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This computer was unable to communicate with the computer providing the server. |
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The server did not respond after being launched. |
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The registration information for this server is inconsistent or incomplete. |
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The registration information for this interface is inconsistent or incomplete. |
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The operation attempted is not supported. |
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A dll must be loaded. |
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A Microsoft Software Installer error was encountered. |
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The specified activation could not occur in the client context as specified. |
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Activations on the server are paused. |
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Activations on the server are not paused. |
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The component or application containing the component has been disabled. |
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The common language runtime is not available |
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The thread-pool rejected the submitted asynchronous work. |
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The server started, but did not finish initializing in a timely fashion. |
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Unable to complete the call since there is no COM+ security context inside IObjectControl.Activate. |
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The provided tracker configuration is invalid |
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The provided thread pool configuration is invalid |
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The provided side-by-side configuration is invalid |
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The server principal name (SPN) obtained during security negotiation is malformed. |
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Invalid OLEVERB structure |
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Invalid advise flags |
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Can't enumerate any more, because the associated data is missing |
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This implementation doesn't take advises |
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There is no connection for this connection ID |
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Need to run the object to perform this operation |
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There is no cache to operate on |
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Uninitialized object |
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Linked object's source class has changed |
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Not able to get the moniker of the object |
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Not able to bind to the source |
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Object is static; operation not allowed |
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User canceled out of save dialog |
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Invalid rectangle |
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compobj.dll is too old for the ole2.dll initialized |
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Invalid window handle |
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Object is not in any of the inplace active states |
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Not able to convert object |
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Not able to perform the operation because object is not given storage yet |
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Invalid FORMATETC structure |
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Invalid DVTARGETDEVICE structure |
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Invalid STDGMEDIUM structure |
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Invalid STATDATA structure |
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Invalid lindex |
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Invalid tymed |
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Invalid clipboard format |
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Invalid aspect(s) |
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tdSize parameter of the DVTARGETDEVICE structure is invalid |
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Object doesn't support IViewObject interface |
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Trying to revoke a drop target that has not been registered |
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This window has already been registered as a drop target |
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Invalid window handle |
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Class does not support aggregation (or class object is remote) |
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ClassFactory cannot supply requested class |
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Class is not licensed for use |
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Error drawing view |
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Could not read key from registry |
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Could not write key to registry |
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Could not find the key in the registry |
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Invalid value for registry |
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Class not registered |
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Interface not registered |
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Threading model entry is not valid |
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CATID does not exist |
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Description not found |
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No package in the software installation data in the Active Directory meets this criteria. |
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Deleting this will break the referential integrity of the software installation data in the Active Directory. |
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The CLSID was not found in the software installation data in the Active Directory. |
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The software installation data in the Active Directory is corrupt. |
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There is no software installation data in the Active Directory. |
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There is no software installation data object in the Active Directory. |
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The software installation data object in the Active Directory already exists. |
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The path to the software installation data in the Active Directory is not correct. |
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A network error interrupted the operation. |
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The size of this object exceeds the maximum size set by the Administrator. |
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The schema for the software installation data in the Active Directory does not match the required schema. |
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An error occurred in the software installation data in the Active Directory. |
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Cache not updated |
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No verbs for OLE object |
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Invalid verb for OLE object |
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Undo is not available |
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Space for tools is not available |
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OLESTREAM Get method failed |
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OLESTREAM Put method failed |
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Contents of the OLESTREAM not in correct format |
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There was an error in a Windows GDI call while converting the bitmap to a DIB |
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Contents of the IStorage not in correct format |
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Contents of IStorage is missing one of the standard streams |
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There was an error in a Windows GDI call while converting the DIB to a bitmap. |
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OpenClipboard Failed |
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EmptyClipboard Failed |
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SetClipboard Failed |
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Data on clipboard is invalid |
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CloseClipboard Failed |
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Moniker needs to be connected manually |
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Operation exceeded deadline |
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Moniker needs to be generic |
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Operation unavailable |
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Invalid syntax |
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No object for moniker |
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Bad extension for file |
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Intermediate operation failed |
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Moniker is not bindable |
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Moniker is not bound |
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Moniker cannot open file |
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User input required for operation to succeed |
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Moniker class has no inverse |
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Moniker does not refer to storage |
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No common prefix |
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Moniker could not be enumerated |
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CoInitialize has not been called. |
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CoInitialize has already been called. |
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Class of object cannot be determined |
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Invalid class string |
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Invalid interface string |
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Application not found |
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Application cannot be run more than once |
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Some error in application program |
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DLL for class not found |
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Error in the DLL |
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Wrong operating system or operating system version for the application |
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Object is not registered |
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Object is already registered |
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Object is not connected to server |
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Application was launched but it didn't register a class factory |
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Object has been released |
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An event was able to invoke some but not all of the subscribers |
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An event was unable to invoke any of the subscribers |
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An event was delivered but there were no subscribers |
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A syntax error occurred trying to evaluate a query string |
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An invalid field name was used in a query string |
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An unexpected exception was raised |
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An unexpected internal error was detected |
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The owner SID on a per-user subscription doesn't exist |
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A user-supplied component or subscriber raised an exception |
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An interface has too many methods to fire events from |
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A subscription cannot be stored unless its event class already exists |
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Not all the objects requested could be removed |
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COM+ is required for this operation, but is not installed |
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Cannot modify or delete an object that was not added using the COM+ Admin SDK |
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Cannot modify or delete an object that was added using the COM+ Admin SDK |
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The event class for this subscription is in an invalid partition |
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The owner of the PerUser subscription is not logged on to the system specified |
Requirements
| Requirement | Value |
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