In this post, you’ll learn about the error “ERROR_VID_PARTITION_ALREADY_EXISTS 0xC0370008” that is returned when working with COM based APIs or libraries in Windows.
COM Error Message
ERROR_VID_PARTITION_ALREADY_EXISTS 0xC0370008
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.
Cannot create the partition for the virtualization infrastructure driver because another partition with the same name already exists.
