Comments on: Volume Shadow Copy Service VSS_E_BAD_STATE 0×80042301

By: admin

admin — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:55:35 +0000

The “fix” is to use the correct version of vshadow.exe for the operating system that you are using.
If you google “Volume Shadow Versions” you might find a torrent file containing a collection of all the versions of volumeshadow.exe. Then all you need to do is select the one that works with your OS.
Hope this helps.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:41:23 +0000

I know this is an old post, so sorry for those that will get this reply and don\’t want it… but I\’m curious what the fix actually is. Did you just download and install the SDK, and the errors went away? Or did you use the SDK to program something?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:00:04 +0000

Thanks! Now that you explain what's going on here, the solution should have been obvious.

By: Gimly

Gimly — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:42:36 +0000

Thank you for solution

By: Kevin H

Kevin H — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 03:28:00 +0000

This was exactly my problem. Thanks for posting this and saving me what I expect would have been hours of work.

By: Prototyped

Prototyped — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:55:00 +0000

Thank you very much. This is the only place I found straightforward information on the VSS_E_BAD_STATE error from vshadow.