WBEM_E_CIRCULAR_REFERENCE

Attempt was made to create a reference that is circular (for example, deriving a class from itself).

Matched as: the code as given (hex)

HRESULT breakdown: code: 4167, customer: False, facility: 4, severity: failure (bit 31 set), ntstatus_wrapped: False

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