Old ADSI Error: "Unknown error (0x80041452)" (295671)

You may come across the error below when executing cmdlets against an AR server, but the same cmdlet works successfully when executed against AD directly.

ErrorRecord                 : The following exception occurred while retrieving member "distinguishedName": "Unknown error (0x80041452)"

WasThrownFromThrowStatement : False

Message                     : The following exception occurred while retrieving member "distinguishedName": "Unknown error (0x80041452)"

SOLUTION

1) Please check if the following containers are present on your AR server(s)?

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Quest\Shared

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Quest Shared\ARSAdsiTempFiles

2) If so, could you please delete the contents, restart the AR service and IIS.