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0xC00A0030: STATUS_CTX_SHADOW_INVALID

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

0xC00A0030 = 3,221,880,880 = -1073086416

NTSTATUS 0xC00A0030

STATUS_CTX_SHADOW_INVALID

The requested session cannot be controlled remotely. You cannot control your own session, a session that is trying to control your session, a session that has no user logged on, nor control other sessions from the console.

Becomes the Win32 error: 7050ERROR_CTX_SHADOW_INVALID: The requested session cannot be controlled remotely. This may be because the session is disconnected or does not currently have a user logged on.

Severity (bits 30-31)3: Error
Customer (bit 29)0: Microsoft
Facility10 (0x00A) TERMINAL_SERVER
Code48 (0x0030)