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STATUS_REDIRECTOR_STARTED
STATUS_REDIRECTOR_STARTED is a state-transition result, not a connectivity error. The requested start action was rejected because the redirector already existed in the started state. The remote server is not implicated by this status alone.
How to narrow it down
Use it to find duplicate lifecycle control rather than to investigate a share path. Two installers, watchdogs, service wrappers or recovery scripts may be racing to start the same client component. The correct action is to observe and reuse the running instance, not to repeatedly issue start requests.
If remote access still fails after this status, capture the later operation result separately. It may be a distinct authentication, Tree Connect or transport problem.
Evidence that matters
- Find all components that issue redirector or workstation start requests.
- Treat the status as confirmation of current local state rather than an outage.
- Collect the actual remote-access failure separately if one follows.
References
- Microsoft Open Specifications: NTSTATUS reference
- Microsoft: SMB overview
- Microsoft: Get-SmbClientConfiguration
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