Windows error 0x800703EE, -2147023890

Detailed Error Information

FILE_INVALID[1]

MessageThe volume for a file has been externally altered so that the opened file is no longer valid.
Declared inwinerror.h

HRESULT analysis[2]

FlagsSeverityFailure
Reserved (R)false
OriginMicrosoft
NTSTATUSfalse
Reserved (X)false
FacilityCode7 (0x007)
NameFACILITY_WIN32[2][1]
DescriptionThis region is reserved to map undecorated error codes into HRESULTs.[2][1]
Error Code1006 (0x03ee)

This is a Win32 error which has been mapped into an HRESULT. More information may be available in error 0x000003ee.

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Sources

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

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