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0xC000012B: STATUS_TOKEN_ALREADY_IN_USE

Windows Error Code Lookup: Decode Windows error codes: Win32, HRESULT (0x80070005), NTSTATUS, Windows Update, msiexec and blue-screen stop codes, with what to check next.

Paste the number from an error dialog, event log, script or setup log: 0x80070005, 80070005, -2147024891, 1603, 0xC0000005, a stop code like 0x7E, a name like E_ACCESSDENIED, or a few words. You get every way Windows could mean that number (an HRESULT often wraps a Win32 error, so 0x80070005 is "Access is denied" too), its parts decoded, and what to check for the common ones. Names and messages come from the Windows SDK headers and Windows' own message tables; see Microsoft's System Error Codes and [MS-ERREF] for the full references.

Try: 0x80070005, 1603, 0xC0000005, 0x800F081F, 0x8024402C, 0x7E, access denied

0xC000012B = 3,221,225,771 = -1073741525

NTSTATUS 0xC000012B

STATUS_TOKEN_ALREADY_IN_USE

An attempt was made to establish a token for use as a primary token but the token is already in use. A token can only be the primary token of one process at a time.

Becomes the Win32 error: 1375ERROR_TOKEN_ALREADY_IN_USE: The token is already in use as a primary token.

Severity (bits 30-31)3: Error
Customer (bit 29)0: Microsoft
Facility0 (0x000)
Code299 (0x012B)