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NS_E_WMP_HME_NOTSEARCHABLEFORITEMS
Where the Player stopped
The symbolic result NS_E_WMP_HME_NOTSEARCHABLEFORITEMS narrows 0xC00D0FC1 to the HME not searchable for items condition: the selected HME container does not advertise item-search capability. Keep the HME not searchable for items boundary visible when a later dialog reduces it to a general media error.
An additional test is to record container class/capabilities and the exact search predicate; that evidence is more useful than reinstalling the Player or changing several unrelated settings at once.
State worth preserving
Capture state before Player cleanup:
- Decisive check: record container class/capabilities and the exact search predicate.
- Artifact: canonical local/UNC/URL path and file identity.
- State: media object ID or HME container/item ID.
- Object identity: scan/search generation and the request that superseded it.
- Underlying evidence: first library or file-system HRESULT before the Player-level summary.
- Correlation: library type, database identity and user profile owning the operation.
Log paths, hashes, IDs, offsets, and HRESULTs. Exclude secrets and unrelated content from logs.
Reproduce without destroying evidence
- Find the first component that returned this result and label that event as the HME not searchable.
- Freeze the input and object identity associated with the failing operation before WMP fallback or cleanup changes it.
- Reconstruct the immediately preceding successful state, then identify the call or event that crossed into failure.
- Perform the code-specific test: record container class/capabilities and the exact search predicate.
- Make the narrow correction—enumerate the container or choose a searchable scope instead of forcing item search—and repeat the same producing operation.
What succeeds before this failure
Two rules frame the HME not searchable. First, adding an item to the library does not move the underlying file, and a library row can survive after its path or shared object becomes unavailable. In the HME not searchable, a scan, search or Home Media Experience request is stateful, so stale identifiers and overlapping operations must be separated from file-format failures.
Representative case: A device sends a search request to a virtual container that supports browsing only. The example isolates only the producing component.
Related HRESULTs, different boundaries
| Result | Different boundary |
|---|---|
NS_E_WMP_HME_STALEREQUEST | The HME request belongs to an older library or navigation state |
NS_E_WMP_HME_INVALIDOBJECTID | The Home Media Experience object identifier no longer resolves in the current shared-library view |
NS_E_WMP_FILESCANALREADYSTARTED | A library file-scan generation is already active |
If this result is followed by a broader “cannot play,” “cannot load,” or “operation failed” result, preserve the earlier event. In the HME not searchable, the later code can be a consequence from a wrapper, fallback item or UI layer rather than the producing failure.
Recovery at the right layer
Resolve this result where the relevant state is produced: enumerate the container or choose a searchable scope instead of forcing item search. After correcting HME not searchable, reload or recreate the owning object so cached failure state is not mistaken for a successful repair.
- Avoid deleting the entire media database before exporting the failing object IDs and paths; it can destroy the artifact or state needed to explain this result.
- Avoid assuming a successful file open proves that the library record and sharing view are current; that can replace the original HRESULT with a secondary failure from another layer.
Practical interpretation
Use it, 0xC00D0FC1 and the symbolic phrase in traces. Correlate search keys with API and object.
How to know the repair is real
Repeat the action that returned it and verify that the same object crosses the former this checkpoint. Success means reaching the next expected load, parse, playlist, control or playback state—not merely suppressing a dialog.
Technical references
- Accessing the library programmatically — normative or platform material relevant to it.
- MediaCollection object — API or format context for it.
- MediaCollection. Add method — documentation used to identify the producing boundary of it.
- Error handling in the WMP object model
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