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Error
VSS Error: 0x80042318 - Failed to Create Volume Snapshot
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Description
The error indicates a problem communicating with VSS writers on your system. Please have a look in your Windows Event log for VSS error messages that might give more information and check that the VSS service is started.?
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Solution
Make sure thatthe VSS service isn't disabled
Changing the startup type of the VSSservice and rebooting can often resolve issues.
- Right click on 'My Computer'.
- Select 'Manage'.
- Select the 'Services' tree node.
- Right click on 'Volume Shadow Copy'
- Select Properties
- Change the startup type to 'Automatic'
Reboot
Re-register the VSS components
Sometimes re-registering VSS core components can fix errors. Copy the following commands to Notepad and save the file with a ?.bat? extension. Run the .bat file by opening a command prompt and entering the .bat file name.
cd /d %windir%\system32
net stop vss
net stop swprv
regsvr32 /s ole32.dll
regsvr32 /s oleaut32.dll
regsvr32 /s vss_ps.dll
vssvc /register
regsvr32 /s /i swprv.dll
regsvr32 /s /i eventcls.dll
regsvr32 /s es.dll
regsvr32 /s stdprov.dll
regsvr32 /s vssui.dll
regsvr32 /s msxml.dll
regsvr32 /s msxml3.dll
regsvr32 /s msxml4.dll
vssvc /register
net start swprv
net start vss
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