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There is a SafeHandleZeroOrMinusOneIsInvalid class in the .NET Framework, as well as a SafeHandleMinusOneIsInvalid class.
Why is this? In which situations is zero ever a valid handle?
As additional lecture to the other answers, see this OldNewThing blog entry about inconsistent handle return values.