In this post, you’ll learn about the error “CRYPT_E_NOT_CHAR_STRING 0x80092024” that is returned when working with COM based APIs or libraries in Windows.
COM Error Message
CRYPT_E_NOT_CHAR_STRING 0x80092024
What is COM?
Microsoft’s COM stands for Component Object Model. Component Object Model (COM) is a networked, object-oriented framework for building interoperable binary software components. Microsoft’s OLE (compound documents), ActiveX (Internet-enabled components), and other products are built on the COM base technology.
Error Description
Below is the description of this COM Error.
The dwValueType for the CERT_NAME_VALUE is not one of the character strings. Most likely it is either a CERT_RDN_ENCODED_BLOB or CERT_RDN_OCTET_STRING.
