Noncontinuable Exceptions (98840)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface (API), when used with:
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT 3.1
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT 3.5
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT 3.51
This article was previously published under Q98840
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.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 3/29/2004 |
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| Keywords: | KB98840 |
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