GetLastError() random errors

Hello all,

is it normal for GetLastError() to continually return 2 (ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND) and 5 (ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED), when you call them?

I mean, I tried GetLastError() at the beginning of WinMain(), and it returns 2. And then in some other places GetLastError() returns 5, but then I'm pretty sure the crashes that have been happening in my program isn't because of file accesses.

Unless error 5 (ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED) means memory access?

Anybody has any ideas?

cheers

Just yesterday, I think I had a function fail and GetLastError returned 2, but it had nothing to do with "FILE_NOT_FOUND" (I don't recall what the problem was exactly...)

Hello,

I fixed my problem, it was to do with not mallocing the proper amount. but yeah, I still don't get what the GetLastError() messages really means.

thanks for the reply though, now I know it's not just me :)

You can only rely on the return value of GetLastError when:

• You have just called a WinAPI function (there can be no calls to other functions in between the original call and the call to GetLastError).
• The return value of the function indicates it has failed.
• The function is documented to provide a GetLastError value.

At other times, the GetLastError value is not useful.

I see, thanks for the info :)