DVDShrink 2.xx-3.xx and 98Lite Pro shell swap problem

[GKar]

This may be a little off the wall. I use 98Lite Pro which allows me to install Windows 98/SE without a bunch of stuff like Internet Explorer etc... It also allows me to swap the Win 98SE shell with the Win 95 shell for a stability and speed increase. The problem is with the Win 95 shell DVDShrink 2.xx-3.xx will not run, though the earlier DVDShrink 1.xx will. Has anyone got any ideas or does anyone even have the faintest idea what I am talking about?

[housepig]

I do have the faintest idea, since a friend of mine was one of the developers of 98Lite.

I'm going to shoot an email over to him with a link to this post - don't know if he'll respond quickly, though, as he usually has a million things going on at once...

I've never tried running Shrink under 98Lite, so I don't have any advice for you...

[GKar]

Thanks so much Housepig!

[ddlooping]

Hi.

GKar, the following is a quote from dvdshrink, the developer.

Win98/2000 problems
I think most of these problems are related to fact that DVD Shrink is compiled with Microsoft Visual C++ .NET version. I may go back to using Visual C++ 6.0 (which was used to compile DVD Shrink 1.03). DVD Shrink does require ASPI drivers (wnaspi32.dll) installed if running on Win95/98.

The original post can be found at:
http://forum.digital-digest.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=25207
This might mean you'll have to wait and see if the next release will fix your problem.

But if you still want to try and make it work, here is a link to the "Force ASPI" download, with easy installation:
http://radified.com/ASPI/forceaspi.htm
You could also check the following list of files used by DVD Shrink (on XP/2000 systems though):
http://www.dvdshrink.info/processes.php

I hope this helps.

[GKar]

Thanks! I have ASPI 4.60 (1021) installed. I believe you might have hit on the problem in the way it was compiled. If the *** GENIUS *** behind DVDShrink does his coding in the older C+++ on any newer release and it works I'll be shittin golden bricks!

[ddlooping]

"...I'll be shittin golden bricks!"
If it ever happens, could you send dvdshrink and myself a few of them?

[GKar]

"...I'll be shittin golden bricks!"
If it ever happens, could you send dvdshrink and myself a few of them?

LOL!