Windows HRESULT

Windows HRESULT 0x80070005 — E_ACCESSDENIED

In Windows HRESULT, code 0x80070005 is E_ACCESSDENIED. The official source describes it as “General access denied error”. Its concrete cause depends on the operation and surrounding message.

Code0x80070005
SymbolE_ACCESSDENIED
Source confidencehigh

Official definition

General access denied error

In plain language

In Windows HRESULT, code 0x80070005 is E_ACCESSDENIED. The official source describes it as “General access denied error”. Its concrete cause depends on the operation and surrounding message.

Context to inspect

  • The surrounding operation, version and subsystem determine the actual cause.
  • The same numeric value can mean something different in another namespace.

Safe first checks

  1. Confirm which product, protocol or subsystem produced the code.
  2. Read the full surrounding error message and inspect relevant logs.
  3. Compare the code with the linked authoritative documentation before changing configuration.

Important context

HRESULT values encode facility/severity information; context still matters.

Authoritative source

Microsoft Learn — Common HRESULT values

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