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Error 1260: ERROR_ACCESS_DISABLED_BY_POLICY

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

0x000004EC = 1,260

Win32 error 1260 (0x4EC)

ERROR_ACCESS_DISABLED_BY_POLICY

This program is blocked by group policy. For more information, contact your system administrator.

A software restriction policy, AppLocker or WDAC rule blocks this program. gpresult /h report.html shows the policies applied; the AppLocker event log says which rule matched.

As an HRESULT (HRESULT_FROM_WIN32): 0x800704EC