What does HRESULT 0x80AA0A00 (E_IMAPI_RAW_IMAGE_IS_READ_ONLY) mean?

E_IMAPI_RAW_IMAGE_IS_READ_ONLY

E_IMAPI_RAW_IMAGE_IS_READ_ONLY indicates that IRawCDImageCreator::CreateResultImage has already finalized the creator object. Microsoft documents that CreateResultImage can be called only once and makes the creator read-only. Properties may still be read, but image layout and track settings can no longer be changed.

Find the first finalization point in the image-building lifecycle

• Trace the call to CreateResultImage and every later attempt to add tracks or change image properties.
• Keep image construction and image consumption as separate phases; pass the result IStream to storage or IDiscFormat2RawCD after finalization.
• Create a new raw-image creator if the track layout must be rebuilt.

Retrying the failed setter on the same object cannot restore write access because read-only state is a documented consequence of finalization. This differs from recorder write-state errors such as “write in progress”: no device operation needs to finish. The object itself has crossed a one-way lifecycle boundary. A common diagnostic clue is helper code that calls CreateResultImage for size or preview purposes and then returns the same creator to code that still expects to edit tracks.

CreateResultImage · IRawCDImageCreator · IMAPI return values

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