What does HRESULT 0x8011045B (COMADMIN_E_CAT_IMPORTED_COMPONENTS_NOT_ALLOWED) mean?

 
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COMADMIN_E_CAT_IMPORTED_COMPONENTS_NOT_ALLOWED

COMADMIN_E_CAT_IMPORTED_COMPONENTS_NOT_ALLOWED is the failure HRESULT 0x8011045B (signed decimal -2146368421, unsigned decimal 2148598875). Its severity bit is 1, facility is 17 (FACILITY_ITF), and the facility-specific code field is 0x045B.

COM+ partition administration: exact meaning of COMADMIN_E_CAT_IMPORTED_COMPONENTS_NOT_ALLOWED

An application containing imported components cannot be installed into a non-base partition. Partition installation checks component provenance and rejects registry-imported classes lacking full deployable metadata.

AllStat records this condition as “Applications that contain one or more imported components cannot be installed into a non-base partition”.

Where COMADMIN_E_CAT_IMPORTED_COMPONENTS_NOT_ALLOWED occurs

Partitions are logical containers with explicit IDs, names, user defaults, application contents, and platform enablement; operations must use the intended partition rather than assume a global namespace. In the specific case of COMADMIN_E_CAT_IMPORTED_COMPONENTS_NOT_ALLOWED, enumerate imported components, their CLSIDs, type-library/interface metadata, and target partition.

Evidence to collect before repair

  • Collect installed-versus-imported provenance for every component when diagnosing COMADMIN_E_CAT_IMPORTED_COMPONENTS_NOT_ALLOWED; without it the symbolic HRESULT is underdetermined.
  • The COMADMIN_E_CAT_IMPORTED_COMPONENTS_NOT_ALLOWED investigation needs CLSID, DLL, type-library, and interface metadata so the exact failing boundary remains reconstructable.
  • For COMADMIN_E_CAT_IMPORTED_COMPONENTS_NOT_ALLOWED, preserve source and destination partition IDs; it anchors the failure to the real administration object.
  • Evidence for COMADMIN_E_CAT_IMPORTED_COMPONENTS_NOT_ALLOWED should include the package/application used for partition installation, captured before a repair changes state.

Diagnostic sequence for COMADMIN_E_CAT_IMPORTED_COMPONENTS_NOT_ALLOWED

  • The next COMADMIN_E_CAT_IMPORTED_COMPONENTS_NOT_ALLOWED diagnostic action is to enumerate all components and identify imported entries.
  • To isolate COMADMIN_E_CAT_IMPORTED_COMPONENTS_NOT_ALLOWED, obtain deployable binaries and metadata for those classes.
  • For COMADMIN_E_CAT_IMPORTED_COMPONENTS_NOT_ALLOWED, replace imports with supported component installation.
  • At the COMADMIN_E_CAT_IMPORTED_COMPONENTS_NOT_ALLOWED boundary, re-export the coherent application.
  • The next COMADMIN_E_CAT_IMPORTED_COMPONENTS_NOT_ALLOWED diagnostic action is to install into the non-base partition and verify interfaces and activation.

Practical administration scenario

A legacy application built by importing registered classes is exported and then targeted at a tenant partition.

Retry and recovery

Install components properly into a deployable application or keep the application in the base partition.

Difference from nearby COMADMIN results

COMADMIN_E_CANT_SUBSCRIBE_TO_COMPONENT can also involve imported components, but at event-subscription configuration rather than partition installation.

Official Microsoft references for COMADMIN_E_CAT_IMPORTED_COMPONENTS_NOT_ALLOWED

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