Process Heap List Count Is Wrong

Application Verifier stop message

Heap violation detected. Process heap list count is wrong - actual count <count> expected Page heap count <count>.

Probable cause

This stop can happen if while calling the GetProcessHeaps() interface the page heap manager detects some internal inconsistencies. This can be caused by some random corruption in the process address space.

Information displayed by Application Verifier in Tool Window

Heap Handle – N/A

Block address – N/A

Size - N/A

Description – Process heap list count is wrong - actual count <count> expected Page heap count <count>

Trace description – No stack frames for the current block

Additional information

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See Also

Concepts

Heap Verifier