Comments on: Stupid error message in IIS http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/archives/2007/04/08/stupid-error-message-in-iis/ General musings and programming stuff Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:41:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 by: Steve http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/archives/2007/04/08/stupid-error-message-in-iis/#comment-113847 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:10:25 +0000 http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/archives/2007/04/08/stupid-error-message-in-iis/#comment-113847 That bugs me about Windows in general: useless error messages with no context. "The parameter is incorrect." "The system could not find the file specified." That's awesome when this happens in the middle of a batch file with hundreds of "parameters" invoked and files named. "Something else is using this file; you can't open it" "Something else is using this volume; you can't unmount it" Thank Cthulhu for Process Explorer, where you can find out what that something else is. That bugs me about Windows in general: useless error messages with no context.

"The parameter is incorrect."
"The system could not find the file specified."

That’s awesome when this happens in the middle of a batch file with hundreds of "parameters" invoked and files named.

"Something else is using this file; you can’t open it"
"Something else is using this volume; you can’t unmount it"

Thank Cthulhu for Process Explorer, where you can find out what that something else is.

]]> by: wils0n http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/archives/2007/04/08/stupid-error-message-in-iis/#comment-96051 Mon, 21 May 2007 09:40:03 +0000 http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/archives/2007/04/08/stupid-error-message-in-iis/#comment-96051 I've detected the similarly problem by Apache server (at least version 2.2.4 for Windows). If Skype is running Apache gets by starting the message "The request operation has failed". If one starts Apache as first, there is no problem. I’ve detected the similarly problem by Apache server (at least version 2.2.4 for Windows). If Skype is running Apache gets by starting the message
"The request operation has failed".
If one starts Apache as first, there is no problem.

]]> by: Monty http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/archives/2007/04/08/stupid-error-message-in-iis/#comment-91738 Thu, 03 May 2007 18:37:48 +0000 http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/archives/2007/04/08/stupid-error-message-in-iis/#comment-91738 &#60;i&#62;&#62; maybe they&#226;€™ll get it right for version 22 or so. &#60;/i&#62; Don't hold your breath. ;-) <i>> maybe they’ll get it right for version 22 or so. </i>

Don’t hold your breath. ;-)

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