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SYMPTOMSIn Windows 95, when WaitNamedPipe fails due to an invalid pipe name passed as the first parameter, GetLastError returns error 253, which is not listed as a possible error code for this function. When you run the same code on Windows NT 4.0, the error code 161, ERROR_BAD_PATHNAME, appears. RESOLUTIONTo workaround the problem, you can resolve error 253 the same way as error 161, ERROR_BAD_PATHNAME. However, it has to be hard coded. For example:
STATUSMicrosoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available. Additional query words:
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