What does HRESULT 0xC00D1306 (NS_E_WMP_COMPONENT_REVOKED) mean?

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Windows Media Player cannot play this file until you complete the software component upgrade. After the component has been upgraded, try to play the file again.%0

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NS_E_WMP_AUTOPLAY_INVALID_STATE	NS_E_CURL_NOTSAFE

NS_E_WMP_COMPONENT_REVOKED

What the code tells you

NS_E_WMP_COMPONENT_REVOKED (0xC00D1306) is a failure result from Windows Media. The generated section above already contains the platform message; the useful extra information is that this result isolates a security-sensitive Windows Media component has been revoked and cannot be used until a trusted update replaces it.

The producer is the protected playback component trust check, so diagnosis should begin with that object and its state rather than with a broad reinstall or an unrelated codec change. A representative occurrence is a protected file reaches rights validation but the installed security component appears on the revocation list.

Checkpoint map

Checkpoint	Question to answer
Input	What exact name, type, index, URL, position, media item, account, device, or setup package reached the protected playback component trust check?
State	Was the object initialized, connected, started, stopped, committed, authorized, or ready when it evaluated a security-sensitive Windows Media component has been revoked and cannot be used until a trusted update replaces it?
Evidence	component identity and version, revocation or certificate status, protected item, update result, system time, and first DRM event.
Completion	Which event, callback, output sample, provider result, or installer action should have followed this result?

Build a useful incident record

Collect this result data before automatic retries, Player navigation, device reconnection, source shutdown, or setup rollback destroys it. The minimum useful record contains the exact returning API, object identity, input identity, current lifecycle state, and the first lower-level failure.

A this result trace must not store credentials, license payloads, private keys, authorization headers, or unrelated library contents. Record identifiers, hashes, lengths, status values, and redacted endpoint information sufficient to correlate the event.

Reproduce without erasing context

Reproduce once with tracing enabled and preserve 0xC00D1306 before any fallback.
Verify the decisive observation: component identity and version, revocation or certificate status, protected item, update result, system time, and first DRM event.
Run the controlled comparison: test unprotected content and then a known protected item to confirm that revocation affects the protected path.
Return to the result baseline, apply the supported correction, and create a new object generation if the old one entered a terminal state.
Repeat the result test until the original call advances past this checkpoint and the expected output is validated.

Comparison with adjacent conditions

HRESULT	Boundary indicated by its standard description
`NS_E_WMP_AUTOPLAY_INVALID_STATE`	The state is not valid for this request; compare this boundary specifically with it.
`NS_E_WMP_BSTR_TOO_LONG`	The parameter is not valid; compare this boundary specifically with it.
`NS_E_SUBSCRIPTIONSERVICE_PLAYBACK_DISALLOWED`	The content provider has not granted you the right to play this file; Go to the content provider's online store to get play rights; compare this boundary specifically with it.

The codes compared with it can lead to the same user-facing “cannot play,” “operation failed,” or “setup failed” dialog. They remain technically different. Here, missing rights concerns a license for content, while this code rejects the software component itself.

Resolution and proof

For this occurrence, install the legitimate platform or security-component update from Microsoft or the content provider; do not bypass revocation. Avoid generic cleanup until the original artifact is copied and the producing state is known. A destructive reset during it diagnosis can remove evidence while leaving the actual policy, device, network, format, or lifecycle error unchanged.

Verification of it must use the same input and action that failed. Confirm the expected state transition and check that the workflow does not merely substitute another error after it disappears.

Authoritative references

Windows Media DRM overview — reference used for the checkpoint.
Updating licenses for online-store content — reference used for the checkpoint.
Windows Media Player SDK — reference used for the checkpoint.

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