Message Queuing Triggers does not operate on a cluster

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This article was previously published under Q250652

SYMPTOMS

The Microsoft Message Queuing Triggers distribution installs on a server cluster node without any error messages; however, when you attempt to start the Message Queuing Triggers on the cluster, an error message similar to the following may appear in the Application event log:

MSMQ Trigger Service has failed whilst validating the required registry entries and queues. The error message was (Failed to create the queue BBQBOY\PRIVATE$\MSMQTriggerNotifications. The HRESULT from MSMQ was (C00E0014)). The HRESULT was (8004005)."

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CAUSE

The Message Queuing Triggers package is not cluster aware and does not work properly on a cluster. The following excerpt is taken from the Message Queuing Triggers installation documentation:

MSMQ Triggers cannot be installed on Windows 95, on Windows 98, on dependent client computers, or on server cluster nodes.

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