What does HRESULT 0xC00D1452 (NS_E_WRONG_PUBLISHING_POINT_TYPE) mean?

NS_E_WRONG_PUBLISHING_POINT_TYPE

What the server is validating

This result (0xC00D1452) marks a cache/proxy-only or ordinary publishing-point method is being used on the other object type. The code identifies a narrow server contract, so diagnosis should preserve the object instance and the first native return.

Code-specific failure anatomy

A representative occurrence is when a cache/proxy-only or ordinary publishing-point method is being used on the other object type. Capture actual point type, requested interface/method, point path and creation configuration together with the object instance and the exact administrative or protocol request.

For a useful negative control, query the actual interface/type and call the operation defined for that kind of point.

The tempting but misleading response is casting the object and retrying the same unsupported operation. That action does not test the distinction that matters here: stopped and started-state errors concern lifecycle; wrong type remains regardless of start state.

Build a reproducible incident record

Test the owning precondition

1. Capture 0xC00D1452, the symbolic name, the exact API/administrative action and the first failure timestamp.
2. Preserve actual point type, requested interface/method, point path and creation configuration.
3. Perform one isolated experiment: query the actual interface/type and call the operation defined for that kind of point.

Do not merge nearby HRESULT values

Primary distinction: stopped and started-state errors concern lifecycle; wrong type remains regardless of start state.

Changes that do not establish the cause

• casting the object and retrying the same unsupported operation.

Technical references

• Expanded Use of Publishing Points
• Expanded Use of Plug-ins
• WMS Multicast Data Writer Plug-in Properties
• Microsoft HRESULT registry