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Error 703: ERROR_BAD_CURRENT_DIRECTORY

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

0x000002BF = 703

Win32 error 703 (0x2BF)

ERROR_BAD_CURRENT_DIRECTORY

{Invalid Current Directory} The process cannot switch to the startup current directory %hs. Select OK to set current directory to %hs, or select CANCEL to exit.

%1, %2… are where Windows fills in details such as a file or program name.

As an HRESULT (HRESULT_FROM_WIN32): 0x800702BF