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WININET_E_INCORRECT_HANDLE_STATE
WININET_E_INCORRECT_HANDLE_STATE means that the handle type is acceptable, but it is currently at the wrong point in its WinINet lifecycle for the requested operation. It identifies an ordering problem in the caller.
Examples of invalid ordering
- Trying to query, read, or write request data before the request has reached the required stage.
- Reusing a request after cancellation, close, or an incompatible operation.
- Starting a second operation while an earlier asynchronous operation has not completed.
Better diagnostics
Track an explicit application-level state alongside every HINTERNET wrapper: created, request prepared, send pending, response available, reading, closing, and closed. The WinINet error alone cannot reconstruct which transition your code attempted.
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