WBEM_E_ALREADY_EXISTS

In a put operation, the **wbemChangeFlagCreateOnly** flag was specified, but the instance already exists.

Matched as: the code as given (hex)

HRESULT breakdown: code: 4121, customer: False, facility: 4, severity: failure (bit 31 set), ntstatus_wrapped: False

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