Cannot Use DriveSpace to Compress a Substituted Drive

Last reviewed: September 29, 1995
Article ID: Q137529

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

If you try to use DriveSpace to compress a drive substituted with the SUBST command, you receive the following error message:

   Windows cannot work with drive <X> because an application is
   currently using that drive.

MORE INFORMATION

You cannot use DriveSpace to compress a substituted drive.

KBCategory: kbtool kberrmsg
KBSubcategory: win95 drvspace
Additional reference words: 95

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Last reviewed: September 29, 1995
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