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Application Verifier break message

Windows API function reports failure but increases reference count for input interface.

Probable cause

An API method received an interface pointer as input. If the method returns a failure code, the interface reference count should remain the same. But in this case reference count was increased. Please report this error to Microsoft.

Information displayed by Application Verifier

Parameter 1�-�Pointer to the called interface. If this parameter is NULL, the called method is static.

Parameter 2�-�Input interface pointer.

Parameter 3�-�Not used.

Parameter 4�-�Not used.

Additional information

Stop code: A024