What does HRESULT 0xC00D145A (NS_E_PUBLISHING_POINT_REMOVED) mean?

NS_E_PUBLISHING_POINT_REMOVED

Mechanism and scope

This result (0xC00D145A) marks the caller still holds an object for a publishing point that has been deleted from the server collection. It belongs to the server-side control path, not to a generic local media-player failure.

Test the owning precondition

1. Capture 0xC00D145A, this result, the exact API/administrative action and the first failure timestamp.
2. Preserve moniker/name, object acquisition time, removal event, server generation and current publishing-point enumeration.
3. Perform one isolated experiment: discard the stale COM object and resolve the point again by name only if it still exists.

Code-specific failure anatomy

A representative occurrence is when the caller still holds an object for a publishing point that has been deleted from the server collection. Capture moniker/name, object acquisition time, removal event, server generation and current publishing-point enumeration together with the object instance and the exact administrative or protocol request.

For a useful negative control, discard the stale COM object and resolve the point again by name only if it still exists.

The tempting but misleading response is calling methods repeatedly on the old interface pointer. That action does not test the distinction that matters here: stopped means the object still exists; removed means its identity is no longer part of the server.

Build a reproducible incident record

Changes that do not establish the cause

• calling methods repeatedly on the old interface pointer.

Related codes are different

Primary distinction: stopped means the object still exists; removed means its identity is no longer part of the server.

Technical references

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