{"record":{"id":"c97cef27ab90dd9e","repo":"wailsapp/wails","slug":"coinitializeex-failed-with-e-outofmemory","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"CoInitializeEx failed with E_OUTOFMEMORY","messagePattern":"CoInitializeEx failed with E_OUTOFMEMORY","errorType":"panic","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"v3/pkg/w32/ole32.go","lineNumber":38,"sourceCode":"\tprocCoInitialize          = modole32.NewProc(\"CoInitialize\")\n\tprocOleInitialize         = modole32.NewProc(\"OleInitialize\")\n\tprocCoUninitialize        = modole32.NewProc(\"CoUninitialize\")\n\tprocCoCreateInstance      = modole32.NewProc(\"CoCreateInstance\")\n\tprocCreateStreamOnHGlobal = modole32.NewProc(\"CreateStreamOnHGlobal\")\n\tprocRegisterDragDrop      = modole32.NewProc(\"RegisterDragDrop\")\n\tprocRevokeDragDrop        = modole32.NewProc(\"RevokeDragDrop\")\n)\n\nfunc CoInitializeEx(coInit uintptr) HRESULT {\n\tret, _, _ := procCoInitializeEx.Call(\n\t\t0,\n\t\tcoInit)\n\n\tswitch uint32(ret) {\n\tcase E_INVALIDARG:\n\t\tpanic(\"CoInitializeEx failed with E_INVALIDARG\")\n\tcase E_OUTOFMEMORY:\n\t\tpanic(\"CoInitializeEx failed with E_OUTOFMEMORY\")\n\tcase E_UNEXPECTED:\n\t\tpanic(\"CoInitializeEx failed with E_UNEXPECTED\")\n\t}\n\n\treturn HRESULT(ret)\n}\n\nfunc CoInitialize() {\n\tprocCoInitialize.Call(0)\n}\n\nfunc CoUninitialize() {\n\tprocCoUninitialize.Call()\n}\n\nfunc CoCreateInstance(clsid *syscall.GUID, dwClsContext uintptr, riid *syscall.GUID, ppv uintptr) HRESULT {\n\tret, _, _ := procCoCreateInstance.Call(\n\t\tuintptr(unsafe.Pointer(clsid)),","sourceCodeStart":20,"sourceCodeEnd":56,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/wailsapp/wails/blob/0e754b1b40ba9044c2a1460e23b7c3de20fc5cf3/v3/pkg/w32/ole32.go#L20-L56","documentation":"Error \"CoInitializeEx failed with E_OUTOFMEMORY\" thrown in wailsapp/wails.","triggerScenarios":"Occurs when CoInitializeEx returns E_OUTOFMEMORY, indicating insufficient memory to initialize the COM library.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Free memory in the process before initializing COM; E_OUTOFMEMORY indicates the system could not allocate the COM state for the thread.","Reduce memory pressure or retry after releasing unused allocations."],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"0e754b1b40ba9044c2a1460e23b7c3de20fc5cf3","analyzedAt":"2026-08-15T14:17:36.034Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-15T17:31:12.345Z"}