Window - System Error Codes and Their Meanings

Windows error codes are numbers that pinpoint issues in Windows. They're handy for figuring out what went wrong.

Window Error Codes [0-999]

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Error Code [0]
Meaning :- The operation completed successfully.

Error Code [1]
Meaning :- Incorrect function.

Error Code [2]
Meaning :- The system cannot find the file specified.

Error Code [3]
Meaning :- The system cannot find the path specified.

Error Code [4]
Meaning :- The system cannot open the file.

Error Code [5]
Meaning :- Access is denied.

Error Code [6]
Meaning :- The handle is invalid.

Error Code [7]
Meaning :- The storage control blocks were destroyed.

Error Code [8]
Meaning :- Not enough storage is available to process this command.

Error Code [9]
Meaning :- The storage control block address is invalid.

Error Code [10]
Meaning :- The environment is incorrect.

Error Code [11]
Meaning :- An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format.

Error Code [12]
Meaning :- The access code is invalid.

Error Code [13]
Meaning :- The data is invalid.

Error Code [14]
Meaning :- Not enough storage is available to complete this operation.

Error Code [15]
Meaning :- The system cannot find the drive specified.

Error Code [16]
Meaning :- The directory cannot be removed.

Error Code [17]
Meaning :- The system cannot move the file to a different disk drive.

Error Code [18]
Meaning :- There are no more files.

Error Code [19]
Meaning :- The media is write protected.

Error Code [20]
Meaning :- The system cannot find the device specified.

Error Code [21]
Meaning :- The device is not ready.

Error Code [22]
Meaning :- The device does not recognize the command.

Error Code [23]
Meaning :- Data error (cyclic redundancy check).

Error Code [24]
Meaning :- The program issued a command but the command length is incorrect.

Error Code [25]
Meaning :- The drive cannot locate a specific area or track on the disk.

Error Code [26]
Meaning :- The specified disk or diskette cannot be accessed.

Error Code [27]
Meaning :- The drive cannot find the sector requested.

Error Code [28]
Meaning :- The printer is out of paper.

Error Code [29]
Meaning :- The system cannot write to the specified device.

Error Code [30]
Meaning :- The system cannot read from the specified device.

Error Code [31]
Meaning :- A device attached to the system is not functioning.

Error Code [32]
Meaning :- The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.

Error Code [33]
Meaning :- The process cannot access the file because another process has locked a portion of the file.

Error Code [34]
Meaning :- The wrong diskette is in the drive. Insert %2 (Volume Serial Number: %3) into drive %1.

Error Code [36]
Meaning :- Too many files opened for sharing.

Error Code [38]
Meaning :- Reached the end of the file.

Error Code [39]
Meaning :- The disk is full.

Error Code [50]
Meaning :- The network request is not supported.

Error Code [51]
Meaning :- The remote computer is not available.

Error Code [52]
Meaning :- A duplicate name exists on the network.

Error Code [53]
Meaning :- The network path was not found.

Error Code [54]
Meaning :- The network is busy.

Error Code [55]
Meaning :- The specified network resource or device is no longer available.

Error Code [56]
Meaning :- The network BIOS command limit has been reached.

Error Code [57]
Meaning :- A network adapter hardware error occurred.

Error Code [58]
Meaning :- The specified server cannot perform the requested operation.

Error Code [59]
Meaning :- An unexpected network error occurred.

Error Code [60]
Meaning :- The remote adapter is not compatible.

Error Code [61]
Meaning :- The printer queue is full.

Error Code [62]
Meaning :- Space to store the file waiting to be printed is not available on the server.

Error Code [63]
Meaning :- Your file waiting to be printed was deleted.

Error Code [64]
Meaning :- The specified network name is no longer available.

Error Code [65]
Meaning :- Network access is denied.

Error Code [66]
Meaning :- The network resource type is not correct.

Error Code [67]
Meaning :- The network name cannot be found.

Error Code [68]
Meaning :- The name limit for the local computer network adapter card was exceeded.

Error Code [69]
Meaning :- The network BIOS session limit was exceeded.

Error Code [70]
Meaning :- The remote server has been paused or is in the process of being started.

Error Code [71]
Meaning :- No more connections can be made to this remote computer at this time because there are already as many connections as the computer can accept.

Error Code [72]
Meaning :- The specified printer or disk device has been paused.

Error Code [80]
Meaning :- The file exists.

Error Code [82]
Meaning :- The directory or file cannot be created.

Error Code [83]
Meaning :- Fail on INT 24.

Error Code [84]
Meaning :- Storage to process this request is not available.

Error Code [85]
Meaning :- The local device name is already in use.

Error Code [86]
Meaning :- The specified network password is not correct.

Error Code [87]
Meaning :- The parameter is incorrect.

Error Code [88]
Meaning :- A write fault occurred on the network.

Error Code [89]
Meaning :- The system cannot start another process at this time.

Error Code [100]
Meaning :- Cannot create another system semaphore.

Error Code [101]
Meaning :- The exclusive semaphore is owned by another process.

Error Code [102]
Meaning :- The semaphore is set and cannot be closed.

Error Code [103]
Meaning :- The semaphore cannot be set again.

Error Code [104]
Meaning :- Cannot request exclusive semaphores at interrupt time.

Error Code [105]
Meaning :- The previous ownership of this semaphore has ended.

Error Code [106]
Meaning :- Insert the diskette for drive %1.

Error Code [107]
Meaning :- The program stopped because an alternate diskette was not inserted.

Error Code [108]
Meaning :- The disk is in use or locked by another process.

Error Code [109]
Meaning :- The pipe has been ended.

Error Code [110]
Meaning :- The system cannot open the device or file specified.

Error Code [111]
Meaning :- The file name is too long.

Error Code [112]
Meaning :- There is not enough space on the disk.

Error Code [113]
Meaning :- No more internal file identifiers available.

Error Code [114]
Meaning :- The target internal file identifier is incorrect.

Error Code [117]
Meaning :- The IOCTL call made by the application program is not correct.

Error Code [118]
Meaning :- The verify-on-write switch parameter value is not correct.

Error Code [119]
Meaning :- The system does not support the command requested.

Error Code [120]
Meaning :- This function is not supported on this system.

Error Code [121]
Meaning :- The semaphore timeout period has expired.

Error Code [122]
Meaning :- The data area passed to a system call is too small.

Error Code [123]
Meaning :- The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

Error Code [124]
Meaning :- The system call level is not correct.

Error Code [125]
Meaning :- The disk has no volume label.

Error Code [126]
Meaning :- The specified module could not be found.

Error Code [127]
Meaning :- The specified procedure could not be found.

Error Code [128]
Meaning :- There are no child processes to wait for.

Error Code [129]
Meaning :- The %1 application cannot be run in Win32 mode.

Error Code [130]
Meaning :- Attempt to use a file handle to an open disk partition for an operation other than raw disk I/O.

Error Code [131]
Meaning :- An attempt was made to move the file pointer before the beginning of the file.

Error Code [132]
Meaning :- The file pointer cannot be set on the specified device or file.

Error Code [133]
Meaning :- A JOIN or SUBST command cannot be used for a drive that contains previously joined drives.

Error Code [134]
Meaning :- An attempt was made to use a JOIN or SUBST command on a drive that has already been joined.

Error Code [135]
Meaning :- An attempt was made to use a JOIN or SUBST command on a drive that has already been substituted.

Error Code [136]
Meaning :- The system tried to delete the JOIN of a drive that is not joined.

Error Code [137]
Meaning :- The system tried to delete the substitution of a drive that is not substituted.

Error Code [138]
Meaning :- The system tried to join a drive to a directory on a joined drive.

Error Code [139]
Meaning :- The system tried to substitute a drive to a directory on a substituted drive.

Error Code [140]
Meaning :- The system tried to join a drive to a directory on a substituted drive.

Error Code [141]
Meaning :- The system tried to SUBST a drive to a directory on a joined drive.

Error Code [142]
Meaning :- The system cannot perform a JOIN or SUBST at this time.

Error Code [143]
Meaning :- The system cannot join or substitute a drive to or for a directory on the same drive.

Error Code [144]
Meaning :- The directory is not a subdirectory of the root directory.

Error Code [145]
Meaning :- The directory is not empty.

Error Code [146]
Meaning :- The path specified is being used in a substitute.

Error Code [147]
Meaning :- Not enough resources are available to process this command.

Error Code [148]
Meaning :- The path specified cannot be used at this time.

Error Code [149]
Meaning :- An attempt was made to join or substitute a drive for which a directory on the drive is the target of a previous substitute.

Error Code [150]
Meaning :- System trace information was not specified in your CONFIG.SYS file, or tracing is disallowed.

Error Code [151]
Meaning :- The number of specified semaphore events for DosMuxSemWait is not correct.

Error Code [152]
Meaning :- DosMuxSemWait did not execute; too many semaphores are already set.

Error Code [153]
Meaning :- The DosMuxSemWait list is not correct.

Error Code [154]
Meaning :- The volume label you entered exceeds the label character limit of the target file system.

Error Code [155]
Meaning :- Cannot create another thread.

Error Code [156]
Meaning :- The recipient process has refused the signal.

Error Code [157]
Meaning :- The segment is already discarded and cannot be locked.

Error Code [158]
Meaning :- The segment is already unlocked.

Error Code [159]
Meaning :- The address for the thread ID is not correct.

Error Code [160]
Meaning :- The argument string passed to DosExecPgm is not correct.

Error Code [161]
Meaning :- The specified path is invalid.

Error Code [162]
Meaning :- A signal is already pending.

Error Code [164]
Meaning :- No more threads can be created in the system.

Error Code [167]
Meaning :- Unable to lock a region of a file.

Error Code [170]
Meaning :- The requested resource is in use.

Error Code [173]
Meaning :- A lock request was not outstanding for the supplied cancel region.

Error Code [174]
Meaning :- The file system does not support atomic changes to the lock type.

Error Code [180]
Meaning :- The system detected a segment number that was not correct.

Error Code [182]
Meaning :- The operating system cannot run %1.

Error Code [183]
Meaning :- Cannot create a file when that file already exists.

Error Code [186]
Meaning :- The flag passed is not correct.

Error Code [187]
Meaning :- The specified system semaphore name was not found.

Error Code [188]
Meaning :- The operating system cannot run %1.

Error Code [189]
Meaning :- The operating system cannot run %1.

Error Code [190]
Meaning :- The operating system cannot run %1.

Error Code [191]
Meaning :- Cannot run %1 in Win32 mode.

Error Code [192]
Meaning :- The operating system cannot run %1.

Error Code [193]
Meaning :- %1 is not a valid Win32 application.

Error Code [194]
Meaning :- The operating system cannot run %1.

Error Code [195]
Meaning :- The operating system cannot run %1.

Error Code [196]
Meaning :- The operating system cannot run this application program.

Error Code [197]
Meaning :- The operating system is not presently configured to run this application.

Error Code [198]
Meaning :- The operating system cannot run %1.

Error Code [199]
Meaning :- The operating system cannot run this application program.

Error Code [200]
Meaning :- The code segment cannot be greater than or equal to 64K.

Error Code [201]
Meaning :- The operating system cannot run %1.

Error Code [202]
Meaning :- The operating system cannot run %1.

Error Code [203]
Meaning :- The system could not find the environment option that was entered.

Error Code [205]
Meaning :- No process in the command subtree has a signal handler.

Error Code [206]
Meaning :- The filename or extension is too long.

Error Code [207]
Meaning :- The ring 2 stack is in use.

Error Code [208]
Meaning :- The global filename characters, * or ?, are entered incorrectly or too many global filename characters are specified.

Error Code [209]
Meaning :- The signal being posted is not correct.

Error Code [210]
Meaning :- The signal handler cannot be set.

Error Code [212]
Meaning :- The segment is locked and cannot be reallocated.

Error Code [214]
Meaning :- Too many dynamic-link modules are attached to this program or dynamic-link module.

Error Code [215]
Meaning :- Cannot nest calls to LoadModule.

Error Code [216]
Meaning :- The image file %1 is valid, but is for a machine type other than the current machine.

Error Code [230]
Meaning :- The pipe state is invalid.

Error Code [231]
Meaning :- All pipe instances are busy.

Error Code [232]
Meaning :- The pipe is being closed.

Error Code [233]
Meaning :- No process is on the other end of the pipe.

Error Code [234]
Meaning :- More data is available.

Error Code [240]
Meaning :- The session was canceled.

Error Code [254]
Meaning :- The specified extended attribute name was invalid.

Error Code [255]
Meaning :- The extended attributes are inconsistent.

Error Code [258]
Meaning :- The wait operation timed out.

Error Code [259]
Meaning :- No more data is available.

Error Code [266]
Meaning :- The copy functions cannot be used.

Error Code [267]
Meaning :- The directory name is invalid.

Error Code [275]
Meaning :- The extended attributes did not fit in the buffer.

Error Code [276]
Meaning :- The extended attribute file on the mounted file system is corrupt.

Error Code [277]
Meaning :- The extended attribute table file is full.

Error Code [278]
Meaning :- The specified extended attribute handle is invalid.

Error Code [282]
Meaning :- The mounted file system does not support extended attributes.

Error Code [288]
Meaning :- Attempt to release mutex not owned by caller.

Error Code [298]
Meaning :- Too many posts were made to a semaphore.

Error Code [299]
Meaning :- Only part of a ReadProcessMemory or WriteProcessMemory request was completed.

Error Code [300]
Meaning :- The oplock request is denied.

Error Code [301]
Meaning :- An invalid oplock acknowledgment was received by the system.

Error Code [317]
Meaning :- The system cannot find message text for message number 0x%1 in the message file for %2.

Error Code [487]
Meaning :- Attempt to access invalid address.

Error Code [534]
Meaning :- Arithmetic result exceeded 32 bits.

Error Code [535]
Meaning :- There is a process on other end of the pipe.

Error Code [536]
Meaning :- Waiting for a process to open the other end of the pipe.

Error Code [994]
Meaning :- Access to the extended attribute was denied.

Error Code [995]
Meaning :- The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request.

Error Code [996]
Meaning :- Overlapped I/O event is not in a signaled state.

Error Code [997]
Meaning :- Overlapped I/O operation is in progress.

Error Code [998]
Meaning :- Invalid access to memory location.

Error Code [999]
Meaning :- Error performing inpage operation. 

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