In the Windows environment, an exit code is a . While developers can technically assign any value, industry conventions have established a standard framework:
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| Category | Range (Hex) | Example | Meaning | |----------|-------------|---------|---------| | | 0x00000000–0x0000FFFF | 1 , 2 | Custom error (e.g., invalid input) | | Win32 Error Codes | 0x00000000–0x0000FFFF (overlap!) | ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND (2) | System API failure | | NTSTATUS Codes | 0xC0000000–0xFFFFFFFF | 0xC0000005 | Access violation (structured exception) | | HRESULT | 0x80070000–0x8007FFFF | 0x80070002 | COM error, wraps Win32 error 2 | In the Windows environment, an exit code is a
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Indicates Success . The operation completed as expected.