Windows error 0x00000057, 87

Combining RoboCopy with FtpUse

Our clients need to transfer specified files from their network to ours through FTP. The transfer must be invoked automatically whenever one of the specified files changes. For this purpose, RoboCopy is perfect. However, RoboCopy does not support transfer to FTP addresses. So, I would like to map our FTP [...] read more

How to copy a directory on Windows, preserving timestamps of all directories being copied

I want to copy a directory tree while preserving timestamps of any file and directory descendant that is being copied. The source directory is on a data DVD (ISO-9660 filesystem). I am copying to an NTFS partition. Copying with Windows Explorer, I see that all folders and files copied have [...] read more

MSDN HMAC-SHA1 example not working

Creating an HMAC steps by using CryptoAPI found here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Aa379863 * To compute an HMAC 1. Get a pointer to the Microsoft Cryptographic Service Provider (CSP) by calling CryptAcquireContext. 2. Create a handle to an HMAChash object by calling CryptCreateHash. Pass CALG_HMAC in the Algid parameter. Pass the handle of [...] read more

File is too large for destination file system - Already NTFS

This is my first SuperUser post, so please bear with me if I make any mistakes, thanks. I have some large database files (4-7GB) that I need to transfer to an external hard drive (WD My Book, 6TB). However, when attempting to copy the files to the hard drive, I [...] read more

kernel debugger error when running my solution on window mixed reality portal

I've been doing some UWP development and when i run my application on mixed reality portal it throws the below error : CallContext:[\PublicAPIActivity] onecoreuap\windows\analog\input\mirage\stubdll\holographicspace.cpp(390)\Windows.Perception.Stub.dll!0F7C1A21: (caller: 03F18204) ReturnHr(2725) tid(2eac) 80070057 The parameter is incorrect. Exception thrown at 0x772D08B2 (KernelBase.dll) in MSIApp.exe: 0x40080201: WinRT originate error (parameters: 0x80070057, 0x00000057, 0x05AAEB64). analog\input\mirage\publicapi\holographicspace.cpp(340)\Windows.Mirage.dll!067CA971: (caller: [...] read more

Win 64bit GetThreadContext returns zeroe'd out registers, or 0x57 errorcode

I'm working on a Windows 7 64 bit machine (I have admin privs). I'm using Python 2.7 (64-bit) with PyDev ctypes for Eclipse to try and read the values of registers in all threads associated with a particular PID (tried both PIDs of processes running in 64 and 32 bit [...] read more

Windows 10 Upgrade: Stops at 23% without error, Dism not mounting boot.wim WIM Image

I am attempting an OS Upgrade Windows 8.1 Pro -> Windows 10 Pro. The Problem The installer does not give a message apart from saying that it failed at roughly 23%, opening the setuperr.log, I get this at the end, the first 2 lines seem to point to the problem: [...] read more

How to serialize a VARIANT or BSTR?

I am trying to figure out some COM marshalling features. Eventually, I want to persist a deeply nested variant array to file but I am trying first with a simple string. I realise these APIs are meant for remote procedure calls but I was hoping this serialization was also suitable [...] read more

Robocopy error 87 during copy and backup PDF files (to exFAT micro-sd card)

I am trying to set up mirroring with robocopy to backup directories to micro-sd cards, as: ROBOCOPY "C:\test" "E:\test" /MIR /COPY:DT /Z /W:5 This works fine for the most part except for PDF files for some reason, halting the process and returning the error: 2019/05/24 16:13:41 ERROR 87 (0x00000057) Changing [...] read more

The parameter is incorrect - Error installing.NET Framework 4.6 on Windows Server 2012

I'm trying to install the .NET 4.6 Framework on a Windows Server 2012 (not R2) VM, but I keep getting the error message "The parameter is incorrect" and a link to the log file. Here is the contents of my log file: OS Version = 6.2.9200, SP = 0.0, Platform [...] read more

How to install .net framework 4.6.1 runtime on Windows Server 2012 R2

I spun up a aws EC2 instance Windows Server 2012 R2. It comes pre-loaded with .Net 4.5. But I'm running code that requires 4.6.1. I tried both the online and offline installers. I'm an admin. I'm selecting "run as administrator" on the installer(s). It extracts the package. The install progress [...] read more

How to fix error 0x00000057 when installing a printer driver, no permission to write to DriverStore?

We have a customer with a PC where installing a particular local printer fails with error 87, "invalid parameter". Usually I'd blame the installation routine, but when looking at Process Monitor it seems like writing to c:\windows\system32\DriverStore fails. The printer to be installed in this case is the Amyuni PDF [...] read more

Enable "Audit Process Tracking" from CMD regardless of the system language

I want to edit the local security audit policy from the command line. From what I found out, there's auditpol.exe and I can set the policy using the "/set" parameter. This does indeed work, but there's one problem: I need specify the category and subcategory by a string that is [...] read more

First audio CMSampleBuffer lost when reading mp4 file using AVAssetReader

I'm using AVAssetWriter to write audio CMSampleBuffer to an mp4 file, but when I later read that file using AVAssetReader, it seems to be missing the initial chunk of data. Here's the debug description of the first CMSampleBuffer passed to writer input append method (notice the priming duration attachement of [...] read more

CLSID_D2D1ChromaKey issues

I try to use DirectX ChromaKey effect, but my function stucks on some step. What I do: 1. Create ID2D1Factory1 2. Create ID3D11Device and ID3D11DeviceContext 3. Obtain DXGIResource from received texture 4. Obtain shared handle from DXGIResource 5. Open DXGIResource as new ID3D11Texture2D using ID3D11Device 6. Obtain D3D11_TEXTURE2D_DESC of new [...] read more

A D3D11_USAGE_STAGING Resource cannot be shared via D3D11_RESOURCE_MISC_SHARED_KEYEDMUTEX

I try to create new ID3D11Texture2D for map it to DXGI_MAPPED_RECT further. I receive some ID3D11Texture2D that I have no power on (can not change way of creation of). Here is the part of the code: CComPtr<IDXGIResource> cpDXGIResource; RET_HR_NULL(_pTexIn->QueryInterface(__uuidof(IDXGIResource), (void**)&cpDXGIResource), cpDXGIResource); HANDLE sharedHandle; cpDXGIResource->GetSharedHandle(&sharedHandle); CComPtr<ID3D11Texture2D> cpTexIn; cpD3D11Device->OpenSharedResource(sharedHandle, __uuidof(ID3D11Resource), (void**)(&cpTexIn)); D3D11_TEXTURE2D_DESC [...] read more

Use custom driver for all new USB devices with same VID/PID

In order to use my USB HID complient device with LabView, I had to create a custom USB driver. That works fine, except when I connect a new device (same VID&PID, different GUID) windows automaticly uses the standard hid.dll driver instead of my custom driver. Therefor the new device doesn't [...] read more

Google breakpad give invalid dump info on some devices/cpus/os?

I've compiled and ran google-breakpad on android app successfully, and solved some crashes with the sufficient information collected through it. But among the dumps there're some insufficient ones that give no stack trace or issued models. I spent some time trying to figure out the relationship between dump info and [...] read more

Robocopy - ERROR 87 (0x00000057) Accessing Destination Directory

I'm currently using a robocopy in a loop performing the following command over a number of different directories: robocopy $sourceFolder $purgeFolder /MOV /LEV:0 /MINAGE:$OlderThan All source folder paths are at the same level in our directory structure and have exactly the same permissions however when the loop reaches certain directories [...] read more

cancel disk while extracting in rufus

recently i want to make a bootable disk for my flashdisk. I've done this ton of times, but today while doing so my flashdisk is ejecting by it self. Rufus is stuck at extracting so i cancel the operation. ( still around 400 mb ). But now my flash disk [...] read more

How can I fix 0x00000057 error when installing Canon LBP2900 printer in a network?

Background I'm trying to install new Canon LBP2900 printer to all clients replacing HP LaserJet P1505 which connected to a printer server in small home network (4 computers). The details of network configuration provided as follows: 1. Printer server * OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit * IP address: 192.168.1.254 2. [...] read more

Cannot Delete Unwanted COM ports - Windows 7

I recently installed a Cannon wireless printer for temporary use, the drivers of which set nearly all my COM ports to be constantly in-use (an occasionnal bug noted in the ReadMe after installation with no fixes - thanks Canon idiots!). I have now deleted the printer and drivers but the [...] read more

Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool log says it can't do all required actions. Should I be concerned?

Here's what the log file c:/Windows/debug/mrt.log of my Windows 7 install says: WARNING: Security policy doesn't allow for all actions MSRT may require. ->Scan ERROR: resource process://pid:6080 (code 0x00000005 (5)) ->Scan ERROR: resource process://pid:5300 (code 0x00000057 (87)) ->Scan ERROR: resource process://pid:3512 (code 0x00000057 (87)) I use the default setup. I [...] read more

Makecat failure: no members found

I am trying to modify existing input cdf file to use SHA256 instead of SHA1 by adding following two lines under [CatalogHeader] section: CatalogVersion=2 HashAlgorithms=SHA256 Executing makecat.exe now gives me following failure message even though nothing under [CatalogFiles] has changed: Failed: CryptCATCDFEnumMembersByCDFTagEx. Last Error: 0x00000057 Failed: No members found. Last [...] read more

Using HidD_GetInputReport(..) to retrive XBOX ONEs button states

I am trying to talk to the XBOX ONE Controller via the Microsoft HID API without using XINPUT. I'm currently able to control all the rumble motors (including the force feedback triggers) by sending the packet using HidD_SetOutputReport(HANDLE, VOID*, ULONG). But I'm stuck reading the button values using HidD_GetInputReport(HANDLE, VOID*, [...] read more

Same HTTP request passes with CURL_CLI but fails with LIBCURL

Am using libcurl to communicate with Amazon S3. GET calls are success whereas PUT (for uploading files) calls are failing with 403. PUT call with same headers when ran through CURL-CLI are success. I have disabled certificate checking. [[ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0) ]] Using CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION option as specified in https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION.html, [...] read more

IDXGISurface::Map: This object was not created with CPUAccess flags that allow CPU access

I try to create new ID3D11Texture2D for map it to DXGI_MAPPED_RECT further. I receive some ID3D11Texture2D that I have no power on (can not change way of creation of). Here is the part of the code: CComPtr<IDXGIResource> cpDXGIResource; RET_HR_NULL(_pTexIn->QueryInterface(__uuidof(IDXGIResource), (void**)&cpDXGIResource), cpDXGIResource); HANDLE sharedHandle; cpDXGIResource->GetSharedHandle(&sharedHandle); CComPtr<ID3D11Texture2D> cpTexIn; cpD3D11Device->OpenSharedResource(sharedHandle, __uuidof(ID3D11Resource), (void**)(&cpTexIn)); D3D11_TEXTURE2D_DESC [...] read more

How to install .net framework 4.6.1 runtime on Windows Server 2012 R2

I spun up a aws EC2 instance Windows Server 2012 R2. It comes pre-loaded with .Net 4.5. But I'm running code that requires 4.6.1. I tried both the online and offline installers. I'm an admin. I'm selecting "run as administrator" on the installer(s). It extracts the package. The install progress [...] read more

Robocopy - ERROR 87 (0x00000057) Accessing Destination Directory

I'm currently using a robocopy in a loop performing the following command over a number of different directories: robocopy $sourceFolder $purgeFolder /MOV /LEV:0 /MINAGE:$OlderThan All source folder paths are at the same level in our directory structure and have exactly the same permissions however when the loop reaches certain directories [...] read more

TrueType Font cmap table Format 0 not serializing

Here is the data I am using to construct the table: { version: { type: 'USHORT', value: 0 }, numTables: { type: 'USHORT', value: 1 }, platformID: { type: 'USHORT', value: 0 }, encodingID: { type: 'USHORT', value: 0 }, offset: { type: 'ULONG', value: 12 }, format: { type: [...] read more

Windows Phone App crashes after Launcher.LaunchFileAsync when downloaded from store

I have a strange problem, if I deploy my app through visual studio as debug or release version all is working well. But if I publish it to the store and download it from there the app crashes after Launcher.LaunchFileAsync or FileOpenPicker. When my app launches for example the default [...] read more

WINAPI: Windows Registry functions fail

I have a trouble writing some keys into registry: PHKEY key = NULL; HRESULT hResult = S_FALSE; hResult = RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, _T("AppID"), 0, KEY_CREATE_SUB_KEY, key); and this fails with code 0x00000057 - The parameter is incorrect. hResult = RegCreateKeyEx(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, _T("new_key_name"), 0, NULL, REG_OPTION_NON_VOLATILE, KEY_WRITE, NULL, key, NULL); this fails with code [...] read more

WinDbg with dump files when you have a classic ASP app which uses a lot of .Net via interop

Ok, first please don't ask why this application is the way it is. This is a classic ASP application which in several areas uses .Net and COM and some of that .Net also reaches into COM! It's all to do with code reuse really, at some point .Net was introduced [...] read more

std::wstring causes memory access violation (0xC0000005: Access Violation)

Our application navigates through a list of named pipes and looks for a named pipe created by our application. If our named pipe does not exist, we go ahead and create one. However, lately our clients have reported application crashes at line: fileName = std::wstring(TmpInfo->FileName); You could review the windbg [...] read more