Err Msg: Voice Pilot Cannot Support Application (96881)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows Sound System 1.0
  • Microsoft Windows Sound System 1.0a
  • Microsoft Windows Sound System 2.0
This article was previously published under Q96881

SUMMARY

If the default vocabulary is missing or is corrupt, Voice Pilot generates the following error message when it is started:
There are one or more user (*.usr) or voice (*.vcb) data files in the VOICEPIL.INI that cannot be found. The Voice Pilot will resort to using the default file as a substitute.
You can continue using Voice Pilot, but if you try to use it with an application that does not have a custom vocabulary, the following error message is generated:
Cannot support the following application because the Voice Pilot cannot find the default data files
This message means that the default vocabulary is missing or corrupt.

To correct he problem you need to delete, then reinstall, the default vocabulary.

MORE INFORMATION

To correct the problem, proceed as follows:

  1. Delete the DEFAPP.VCB file from the Windows Sound System directory or from the location specified in the [apps] section of the VOICEPIL.INI file. (You can find the VOICEPIL.INI file in your Windows directory.)
  2. Reinstall the DEFAPP.VCB from the Windows Sound System disks. The file is in compressed form (defapp.vc_) and can be found on disk 5 of the 3 1/2" or 5 1/4" media. You can use the expansion program from Windows to expand the file.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/14/2003
Keywords:KB96881
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