Windows error 0x80070052, -2147024814

Detailed Error Information

CANNOT_MAKE^[1]

Message	The directory or file cannot be created.
Declared in	winerror.h

HRESULT analysis^[2]

Flags	Severity	Failure
	Reserved (R)	false
	Origin	Microsoft
	NTSTATUS	false
	Reserved (X)	false
Facility	Code	7 (0x007)
	Name	FACILITY_WIN32^[2]^[1]
	Description	This region is reserved to map undecorated error codes into HRESULTs.^[2]^[1]
Error Code		82 (0x0052)

This is a Win32 error which has been mapped into an HRESULT. More information may be available in error 0x00000052.

Questions

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Comments

Sources

winerror.h from Windows SDK 10.0.14393.0
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc231198.aspx

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