The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95
SYMPTOMS
When you are attempting to perform any operation with Drvspace.exe, you
may receive the following error message:
The compression driver that is currently loaded is incompatible with
your version of Windows compression.
Drvspace 484
CAUSE
This behavior can occur for either of the following reasons:
- The following line appears in the Dblspace.ini file:
Drvspace3 = 0
- An old or damaged version of the Drvspace.bin or Dblspace.bin file
exists on the hard disk.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, follow these steps:
- Use any text editor (such as Notepad) to edit the Dblspace.ini file.
- Delete the following line:
Drivespace 3 = 0
If this does not resolve the problem, replace all occurrences of the
Dblspace.bin and Drvspace.bin files using one of the following methods:
- If you installed Microsoft Plus! and are using DriveSpace 3, extract
the Drvplus.bin file from the Plus_1.cab file on the Microsoft Plus!
CD-ROM or disk 1, then rename the extracted file to Drvspace.bin.
- If you do not have Microsoft Plus! installed and are using DriveSpace,
extract the Drvspace.bin file from the Precopy1.cab file on the Windows
95 CD-ROM or disk 1.
- If you updated your Startup disk when you compressed your drive, a copy
of the Drvspace.bin file also resides on the Startup disk.
For information about using the Extract tool, type "extract" (without
quotation marks) at a command prompt, or see the following article in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: Q129605
TITLE : How to Extract Original Compressed Windows Files