HRESULT 0x80042416 (VDS_E_PATH_NOT_FOUND): meaning and diagnosis

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The volume or device path supplied to VDS could not be found.

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Constant	Type	OS
VSS_E_ASRERROR_SYSTEM_PARTITION_HIDDEN	HRESULT	Windows

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VDS_E_PATH_NOT_FOUND

VDS_E_PATH_NOT_FOUND means that VDS could not locate the specified path. The path may be stale, refer to a removed volume, use the wrong form for the called API, or no longer resolve after a mount-point or drive-letter change.

What to check

Enumerate current volume paths and access paths rather than relying on a cached drive letter or mount point.
Confirm the required path form for the specific VDS method and normalize any application-generated path.
Check recent mount, offline, format, and partition changes that may have removed or reassigned the path.

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