WriteEncryptedFileRaw fails if the file contained a sparse stream

Applies to: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition (32-bit x86)Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86)Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (32-bit x86) More

Summary

WriteEncryptedFileRaw may fail with error code 1917 if the encrypted file contains a sparse stream. A sparse stream is a stream that contains no data.

More Information

This is a known problem on the Windows versions listed in the applies to section.