System Error Code 100 to Code 199 in Windows

[Rashid]

I am regular user of Linux and I have never used Windows until now my job needed me to use it. I have started using Windows and have no problem till now. I was studying its features and troubleshooting guide which my friend lent me. The troubleshooting guide was very old and had some pages missing. I reached over to a section where all the common errors of the Windows were described. The page which had description of error code 100 to error code 199 was missing. Can anyone provide me with details of these errors?

[Eeshika18]

To start with; let me define Semaphore to you. Semaphore is a variable used to control and manage multiple processes and to manage the resources they require. This term is mostly encountered in topics related to multi-threading.

• Error Code 100: This error means you cannot create another Semaphore. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_TOO_MANY_SEMAPHORES’ or with a value of 0x64.
• Error Code 101: This error means that semaphore that you are trying to utilize is already connected or being used by another process. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_EXCL_SEM_ALREADY_OWNED’ or with a value of 0x65.
• Error Code 102: This error means that semaphore that you are trying to terminate is part of set of multiple semaphores and thus cannot be terminated. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_SEM_IS_SET’ or with a value of 0x66.
• Error Code 103: This error means that semaphore cannot be set again. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_TOO_MANY_SEM_REQUESTS’ or with a value of 0x67.
• Error Code 104: This error means that user cannot request new semaphore during interrupt time. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_INVALID_AT_INTERRUPT_TIME’ or with a value of 0x68.
• Error Code 105: This error means that semaphore’s previous ownership now no longer exists with current user. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_SEM_OWNER_DIED’ or with a value of 0x69.
• Error Code 106: This error means Enter Diskette for drive. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_SEM_USER_LIMIT’ or with a value of 0x6A.
• Error Code 107: This error means program was aborted by system as it couldn’t find next diskette to proceed. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_DISK_CHANGE’ or with a value of 0x6B.
• Error Code 108: This error means disk you are trying to access is either locked or reserved by another process. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_DRIVE_LOCKED’ or with a value of 0x6C.
• Error Code 109: This error means process pipe has ended. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_BROKEN_PIPE’ or with a value of 0x6D.
• Error Code 110: This error means file or program cannot be opened. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_OPEN_FAILED’ or with a value of 0x6E.
• Error Code 111: This error means file name inserted is too long. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW’ or with a value of 0x6F.
• Error Code 112: This error means insufficient Disk Space. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_DISK_FULL’ or with a value of 0x70.
• Error Code 113: This error means internal file identifiers unavailable. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_NO_MORE_SEARCH_HANDLES’ or with a value of 0x71.
• Error Code 114: This error means targeted internal file identifier not available. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_INVALID_TARGET_HANDLE’ or with a value of 0x72.
• Error Code 117: This error means IOCTL calls made by specific program is invalid. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_INVALID_CATEGORY’ or with a value of 0x75.
• Error Code 118: This error means verify-on-write switch parameter value inserted is invalid. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_INVALID_VERIFY_SWITCH’ or with a value of 0x76.
• Error Code 119: This error means command requested by user is not recognized by system. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_BAD_DRIVER_LEVEL’ or with a value of 0x77.
• Error Code 120: This error means requested function is not available in system. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_CALL_NOT_IMPLEMENTED’ or with a value of 0x78.
• Error Code 121: This error means Semaphore’s timeout period has expired. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_SEM_TIMEOUT’ or with a value of 0x79.
• Error Code 122: This error means Data passed to system call is small in size. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER’ or with a value of 0x7A.
• Error Code 123: This error means syntax used for naming a file, directory or volume is wrong. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_INVALID_NAME’ or with a value of 0x7B.
• Error Code 124: This error means system call level is incorrect. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_INVALID_LEVEL’ or with a value of 0x7C.
• Error Code 125: This error means no volume label available for disk. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_NO_VOLUME_LABEL’ or with a value of 0x7D.
• Error Code 126: This error means unable to find specified volume. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_MOD_NOT_FOUND’ or with a value of 0x7E.
• Error Code 127: This error means unable to find specified procedure. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_PROC_NOT_FOUND’ or with a value of 0x7F.
• Error Code 128: This error means no child process available. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_WAIT_NO_CHILDREN’ or with a value of 0x80.
• Error Code 129: This error means this process cannot be executed in Win32 mode. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_CHILD_NOT_COMPLETE’ or with a value of 0x81.
• Error Code 130: This error means user has attempted to use file handle to open disk partition for performing task invalid for operation except raw disk I/O. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_DIRECT_ACCESS_HANDLE’ or with a value of 0x82.

[Vishva]

Some errors that you need to take a look at are as follows,

• Error Code 131 suggests that program has attempted to move file pointer at location before beginning of file. It is sometimes denoted as “ERROR_NEGATIVE_SEEK” and also as 0x83.
• Error Code 132 suggests that program cannot set file pointer on designated file or device. It is sometimes denoted as “ERROR_SEEK_ON_DEVICE” and also as 0x84.
• Error Code 133 suggests that JOINED or SUNST command cannot be used for specified drive as it is previously joined with another drive. It is sometimes denoted as “ERROR_IS_JOIN_TARGET” and also as 0x85.
• Error Code 134 suggests that JOINED or SUNST command cannot be used for specified drive as it is already joined with another drive. It is sometimes denoted as “ERROR_IS_JOINED” and also as 0x86.
• Error Code 135 suggests that JOINED or SUNST command cannot be used for specified drive as it is already been substituted. It is sometimes denoted as “ERROR_IS_SUBSTED” and also as 0x87.
• Error Code 136 suggests that user or program tried to delete the join of drives that were never joined. It is sometimes denoted as “ERROR_NOT_JOINED” and also as 0x88.
• Error Code 137 suggests that user or program tried to delete the join of drives that are not substituted. It is sometimes denoted as “ERROR_NOT_SUBSTED” and also as 0x89.
• Error Code 138 suggests that system tried to join the drive to a directory included in a joined drive. It is sometimes denoted as “ERROR_JOIN_TO_JOIN” and also as 0x8A.
• Error Code 139 suggests that system tried to substitute the drive to a directory in a substituted drive. It is sometimes denoted as “ERROR_SUBST_TO_SUBST” and also as 0x8B.
• Error Code 140 suggests that system tried to join the drive to a directory on a substituted drive. It is sometimes denoted as “ERROR_JOIN_TO_SUBST” and also as 0x8C.
• Error Code 141 suggests that system tried to pass SUNST command on a directory included on a joined drive. It is sometimes denoted as “ERROR_SUBST_TO_JOIN” and also as 0x8D.
• Error Code 142 suggests that system cannot pass JOIN or SUBST command at this instance. It is sometimes denoted as “ERROR_BUSY_DRIVE” and also as 0x8E.
• Error Code 143 suggests that system cannot substitute or join a drive for directory on same drive. It is sometimes denoted as “ERROR_SAME_DRIVE” and also as 0x8F.
• Error Code 144 suggests that specified directory is not included in subdirectory of root directory. It is sometimes denoted as “ERROR_DIR_NOT_ROOT” and also as 0x90.
• Error Code 145 suggests that directory contains some data. It is sometimes denoted as “ERROR_DIR_NOT_EMPTY” and also as 0x91.
• Error Code 146 suggests that specified path is used by substitute. It is sometimes denoted as “ERROR_IS_SUBST_PATH” and also as 0x92.
• Error Code 147 suggests that resources not sufficient for processing command. It is sometimes denoted as “ERROR_IS_SUBST_PATH” and also as 0x93.
• Error Code 148 suggests that specified path is not available for use. It is sometimes denoted as “ERROR_PATH_BUSY” and also as 0x94.
• Error Code 149 suggests that user or program attempted to join or substitute a drive in which directory included in drive is the targeted for a previous substitute. It is sometimes denoted as “ERROR_IS_SUBST_TARGET” and also as 0x95.

[JoJoRun]

Some other error codes that you will need to study are,

1. If you get Error Code 150 it means that System trace information was not targeted in your CONFIG.SYS file or maybe tracking is disabled. This error will also be seen as ‘ERROR_SYSTEM_TRACE’ and sometimes also 0x96.
2. If you get Error Code 151 it means that value suggested for DosMuxSemWait is invalid. This error will also be seen as ‘ERROR_INVALID_EVENT_COUNT’ and sometimes also 0x97.
3. If you get Error Code 152 it means that DosMuxSemWait did not execute too many semaphores that have been set. This error will also be seen as ‘ERROR_INVALID_EVENT_COUNT’ and sometimes also 0x98.
4. If you get Error Code 153 it means that DosMuxSemWait list invalid. This error will also be seen as ‘ERROR_INVALID_LIST_FORMAT’ and sometimes also 0x99.
5. If you get Error Code 154 it means that volume label inserted is too long. This error will also be seen as ‘ERROR_INVALID_LIST_FORMAT’ and sometimes also 0x9A.
6. If you get Error Code 155 it means that user or program is unable to create new thread. This error will also be seen as ‘ERROR_TOO_MANY_TCBS’ and sometimes also 0x9B.
7. If you get Error Code 156 it means that recipient process rejected signal. This error will also be seen as ‘ERROR_SIGNAL_REFUSED’ and sometimes also 0x9C.
8. If you get Error Code 157 it means that specified segment does not exist. This error will also be seen as ‘ERROR_DISCARDED’ and sometimes also 0x9D.
9. If you get Error Code 158 it means that segment specified is already unlocked. This error will also be seen as ‘ERROR_NOT_LOCKED’ and sometimes also 0x9E.
10. If you get Error Code 159 it means that thread ID specified incorrect. This error will also be seen as ‘ERROR_BAD_THREADID_ADDR’ and sometimes also 0x9F.
11. If you get Error Code 160 it means that multiple arguments incorrect. This error will also be seen as ‘ERROR_BAD_THREADID_ADDR’ and sometimes also 0xA0.
12. If you get Error Code 161 it means that specified path is incorrect. This error will also be seen as ‘ERROR_BAD_PATHNAME’ and sometimes also 0xA1.

[Eeshika18]

I was referring to some notes of mine which I had collected during my college days. I found some more error codes and their description which might help you getting knowledge about Windows errors you are searching for.

• Error Code 162: This error means signal sent by user or program is pending. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_SIGNAL_PENDING’ or with a value of 0xA2.
• Error Code 164: This error means user or program is unable to create a new thread. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_MAX_THRDS_REACHED’ or with a value of 0xA4.
• Error Code 167: This error means locking a region of file is not possible. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_LOCK_FAILED’ or with a value of 0xA7.
• Error Code 170: This error means required resources are reserved by another process. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_BUSY’ or with a value of 0xAA.
• Error Code 173: This error means lock request for specified cancel region is invalid. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_CANCEL_VIOLATION’ or with a value of 0xAD.
• Error Code 174: This error means file system in use will not support the atomic changes to lock type. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_ATOMIC_LOCKS_NOT_SUPPORTED’ or with a value of 0xAE.
• Error Code 180: This error means segment number detected by system is incorrect. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_INVALID_SEGMENT_NUMBER’ or with a value of 0xB4.
• Error Code 182: This error means operating system cannot run %1. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_INVALID_ORDINAL’ or with a value of 0xB6.
• Error Code 183: This error means file exists and new one cannot be created. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS’ or with a value of 0xB7.
• Error Code 186: This error means incorrect flag passed. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_INVALID_FLAG_NUMBER’ or with a value of 0xBA.
• Error Code 187: This error means unable to find targeted system semaphore name. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_SEM_NOT_FOUND’ or with a value of 0xBB.
• Error Code 188: This error means operating system unable to execute %1. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_INVALID_STARTING_CODESEG’ or with a value of 0xBC.
• Error Code 189: This error means not possible to run %1 from operating system’s side. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_INVALID_STACKSEG’ or with a value of 0xBD.
• Error Code 190: This error means operating system does not run %1. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_INVALID_MODULETYPE’ or with a value of 0xBE.
• Error Code 191: This error means operating system unable to run %1 in Win32 mode. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_INVALID_EXE_SIGNATURE’ or with a value of 0xBF.
• Error Code 192: This error means the operating system cannot run %1. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_EXE_MARKED_INVALID’ or with a value of 0xC0.
• Error Code 193: This error means %1 is not compatible in Win32 mode. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_BAD_EXE_FORMAT’ or with a value of 0xC1.
• Error Code 194: This error means operating system unable to execute %1. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_ITERATED_DATA_EXCEEDS_64k’ or with a value of 0xC2.
• Error Code 195: This error means operating system giving problem in running %1. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_INVALID_MINALLOCSIZE’ or with a value of 0xC3.
• Error Code 196: This error means operating system is unable to run specified application program.
• Error Code 197: This error means at present, operating system is not configured to execute specified application program. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_IOPL_NOT_ENABLED’ or with a value of 0xC5.
• Error Code 198: This error means user’s operating system is not suitable for running %1. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_INVALID_SEGDPL’ or with a value of 0xC6.
• Error Code 199: This error means specified application program is not configured to run in this operating system. It is usually displayed as ‘ERROR_AUTODATASEG_EXCEEDS_64k’ or with a value of 0xC7.