Identify Windows Error Messages
A typical Windows system error would be decimal 5 for “access denied” or 2 for “the system cannot find the file specified” or 3 for “the system cannot find the path specified” etc.. An HRESULT return code is the one that starts with 0x and then 8 digits. For example, E_FAIL is the hex number 0x80000008 and returns the string “unspecified error” since it’s a catch-all COM or ActiveX error that just means the operation failed. 0x80000005 is an “invalid pointer” which means there’s a good chance the programs’ memory got corrupted or it used an uninitialized pointer. Download it from Softpedia. Also, check out these Windows Error Code Lookup Tools. Works fine on Windows 10/8/7 too!
