# Unable to start meeting

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/unable-to-start-meeting/1089>\
**Category:** Windows\
**Created:** [March 15, 2018, 8:14pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/unable-to-start-meeting/1089 "2018-03-15T20:14:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Bill\_Gardner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Bill\_Gardner](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/Bill_Gardner)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 8:14pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/unable-to-start-meeting/1089/1 "2018-03-15T20:14:51Z")

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Using Windows SDK Demo, I’m able to join a meeting after logging in as normal user. But when I try to start a meeting, it works for just a moment, and then fails via IMeetingServiceEvent::onMeetingStatusChanged(status = MEETING\_STATUS\_FAILED, iResult = 8). The SDKDemo puts up a failure dialog “Start or join meeting failed!”.

Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks,

Bill

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**Author:** ![Bill\_Gardner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Bill\_Gardner](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/Bill_Gardner)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 8:30pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/unable-to-start-meeting/1089/2 "2018-03-15T20:30:14Z")

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It occurs to me that my meeting ID I’m using to start meeting may not match the API key and secret, which came from a colleague. Could this cause the problem?

Thanks,

Bill

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**Author:** ![dats\_liao](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/dats_liao/32/464_2.png) [@dats\_liao](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/dats_liao)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 5:10am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/unable-to-start-meeting/1089/3 "2018-03-16T05:10:33Z")

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hi,

Result = 8 means MEETING\_FAIL\_MEETING\_NOT\_EXIST. more details you can read the&nbsp;MeetingFailCode, you can find this at&nbsp;meeting\_service\_interface.h

thanks

dats

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**Author:** ![Bill\_Gardner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Bill\_Gardner](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/Bill_Gardner)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 3:26pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/unable-to-start-meeting/1089/4 "2018-03-16T15:26:06Z")

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Dats,

Thanks for the reply. I will try with a different meeting ID.

Bill

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**Author:** ![Bill\_Gardner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Bill\_Gardner](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/Bill_Gardner)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 8:16pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/unable-to-start-meeting/1089/5 "2018-03-21T20:16:17Z")

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To wrap up this thread, after&nbsp;my account was upgraded to SDK developer I am now able to start meetings from SDK.

Bill

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**Author:** ![tommy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/tommy/32/72769_2.png) [@tommy](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/tommy)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/unable-to-start-meeting/1089/6 "2021-09-20T20:54:09Z")

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Closing as solved.

-Tommy