What does HRESULT 0xC1250101 (WDSCP_E_NOT_A_DIRECTORY) mean?

WDSCP_E_NOT_A_DIRECTORY

WDSCP_E_NOT_A_DIRECTORY is a path-type validation failure in the WDS content provider. The namespace configuration is provider-specific; for the WDS content-provider configuration represented by this error, the selected path must resolve to a directory rather than a regular file or another unusable object.

Check the configured path as seen by the WDS server process

• Read the namespace Configuration value and preserve it exactly, including environment-specific path syntax.
• On the WDS server, resolve the path and verify that it exists as a directory under the service security context.
• Keep path-type failure separate from access denial: a directory can exist yet still be inaccessible, while this code specifically identifies the configured object as not a directory.

Because content provider configuration is attached to the WDS transport namespace, the same provider DLL can serve namespaces with different configuration values. Compare the failing namespace configuration with a working one and verify whether deployment automation accidentally supplied a WIM/file path where a directory root was expected. Correct the namespace/provider configuration and then allow the provider to reinitialize.

Namespace configuration · WDS transport namespaces · Provider initialization

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