In this post, you’ll learn about the error “FVE_E_CONV_RECOVERY_FAILED 0x80310088” that is returned when working with COM based APIs or libraries in Windows.
COM Error Message
FVE_E_CONV_RECOVERY_FAILED 0x80310088
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.
BitLocker Drive Encryption cannot be applied to this drive because there are conflicting Group Policy settings for recovery options on operating system drives. Storing recovery information to Active Directory Domain Services cannot be required when the generation of recovery passwords is not permitted. Please have your system administrator resolve these policy conflicts before attempting to enable BitLocker.