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CO_E_ATTEMPT_TO_CREATE_OUTSIDE_CLIENT_CONTEXT
COM activation could not occur in the requested client context
CO_E_ATTEMPT_TO_CREATE_OUTSIDE_CLIENT_CONTEXT is HRESULT 2147500068 (0x80004024) from winerror.h. The documented description is “The specified activation could not occur in the client context as specified.” The value must be interpreted at activation flags or hosting rules that require creation inside a specific client, package, or security context.
The requested server placement conflicts with the client context in which COM is allowed to create the object.
Where the result appears
- This result may surface in activation flags or hosting rules that require creation inside a specific client, package, or security context.
Typical causes and interpretation
Common cause categories are: the caller asks for an out-of-context server; impersonation changes activation identity; registration requires a brokered or local context. The evidence should distinguish configuration, lifetime, input, identity, resource, and version failures rather than grouping them.
Key distinction: the requested server placement conflicts with the client context in which COM is allowed to create the object.
Correct handling and recovery
The appropriate recovery is to use the activation context documented by the class, restore the intended client token before activation, and avoid broadening privileges as a workaround.
Practical scenario
A brokered component is requested with ordinary local-server flags from an unpackaged process, so the caller switches to the documented broker API.
Difference from related HRESULTs
CO_E_WRONG_SERVER_IDENTITY concerns the identity of a launched server; this code concerns where creation is permitted to occur.
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