There is a scheduled task that is attached to a custom event in the EventLog, it executes the lines below:
reconnect.cmd
c:\windows\system32\rasphone -f "phone_book.pbk" -d "vpn_connection"
net stop my_windows_service
net start my_windows_service
The task ususally runs normally without errors. But sometimes it returns error The application failed to initialize properly (3221225794). The task is configured to run under system account so it is supposed to have all required permissions to run that batch script.
Why do I keep getting this error? What can cause it and how do I debug it?
edit: start in option
The task uses "D:\" as working directory/start in location. The reconnect.cmd script is located at "D:\". Can this be the cause?
I posted this article earlier today on how to decode errors Error 2147463168 when trying to bind to an AD User Object
//
// MessageId: STATUS_DLL_INIT_FAILED
//
// MessageText:
//
// {DLL Initialization Failed}
// Initialization of the dynamic link library %hs failed. The process is terminating abnormally.
//
#define STATUS_DLL_INIT_FAILED ((NTSTATUS)0xC0000142L)
3221225794=0xC0000142 (use calculator)
This should identify which process (cmd or rasphone) and which dll.
You can also start in a debugger.
windbg or ntsd (ntsd is a console program and maybe installed). Both are also from Debugging Tools For Windows.
Download and install Debugging Tools for Windows
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/hh852363
Install the Windows SDK but just choose the debugging tools.
Create a folder called Symbols in C:\
Start Windbg. File menu - Symbol File Path and enter
srv*C:\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
then
windbg -o -g -G C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe /k d:\batfile.bat
You can press F12 to stop it and kb will show the call stack (g continues the program). If there's errors it will also stop and show them.
Don't know why but running tasks under SYSTEM account was the cause. When we changed the account simply to local admin tasks ran flawlessly.
