What does HRESULT 0xC0262002 (ERROR_GRAPHICS_INVALID_DISPLAY_ADAPTER) mean?

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The display adapter handle supplied to the graphics operation was invalid.

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ERROR_GRAPHICS_INVALID_DISPLAY_ADAPTER

ERROR_GRAPHICS_INVALID_DISPLAY_ADAPTER (0xC0262002) means the caller used a display-adapter handle that no longer identifies a valid adapter. Handles can become stale after hot-plug, driver reset, GPU switch, or a display-topology change.

What to check

Re-enumerate adapters and display paths after a hot-plug, device reset, or display configuration change.
Do not cache an adapter handle across a session or driver reset without validating it again.
For end users, verify that Device Manager shows the expected graphics adapter without a device-start error.

Useful command

Get-CimInstance Win32_VideoController | Select-Object Name, PNPDeviceID, DriverVersion, Status

Microsoft: QueryDisplayConfig

Microsoft: SetDisplayConfig

Microsoft: Graphics error codes

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