Noncontinuable Exceptions

ID: Q98840

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface (API), included with:
- Microsoft Windows NT, versions 3.1, 3.5, 3.51
- Microsoft Windows 95

An exception is noncontinuable if the event isn't continuable in the hardware, or if continuation makes no sense. For example, if the caller's stack is corrupted while trying to post an exception, continuing from the bad stack exception would not be useful.

The noncontinuable exception does not terminate the application, and therefore an application that can succeed in catching the exception and running after a noncontinuable exception is free to do so. However, a noncontinuable exception typically arises as a result of a corrupted stack or other serious problem, making it very difficult to recover from the exception.

Additional query words: 3.10 3.50 4.00 non-continuable

Keywords : kbNTOS310 kbNTOS350 kbNTOS351 kbWinOS95
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