Noncontinuable Exceptions

Last reviewed: November 2, 1995
Article 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, and 3.51
    - Microsoft Windows 95 version 4.0

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 reference words: 3.10 3.50 4.00 95 non-continuable
KBCategory: kbprg
KBSubcategory: BseExcept

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Last reviewed: November 2, 1995
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