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Driver (1999) won't start on Windows 10

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First post, by miller11568

Posted on 2024-09-11, 15:51

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Tried playing the original Driver by Reflections Interactive without applying the official patch, but it won't start on Windows 10. Why is this?

1Faulting application name: game.EXE, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x37d93349
2Faulting module name: game.EXE, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x37d93349
3Exception code: 0xc0000005
4Fault offset: 0x00137d7e
5Faulting process id: 0x3dd4
6Faulting application start time: 0x01db046236343da5
7Faulting application path: C:\Driver\game.EXE
8Faulting module path: C:\Driver\game.EXE
9Report Id: 8519824e-7b24-4826-a13c-c48c9b903e1a
10Faulting package full name: 
11Faulting package-relative application ID:

Reply 1 of 10, by Dancsi40

Posted on 2024-09-11, 16:23

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https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Driver

Reply 2 of 10, by miller11568

Posted on 2024-09-11, 17:21

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Dancsi40 wrote on 2024-09-11, 16:23:

https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Driver

Do you have more information about this fault offset and exception code?

Reply 3 of 10, by DosFreak

Posted on 2024-09-11, 18:26

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Try excluding from DEP is my first thought without checking my notes.

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Reply 4 of 10, by miller11568

Posted on 2025-07-11, 09:09

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Tried updating Driver to version 2.1 but the crash is the same. Are there ways to fix this crash?

Reply 5 of 10, by Flashback

Posted on 2025-07-11, 13:18

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It works for me in Windows 10 with nGlide 1.05 + libzplay.

I copied libzplay.dll and winmm.dll from tombati/glrage Tomb Raider.

My compatibility settings:

1Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
2
3[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers]
4"C:\\Games\\Driver\\Game.exe"="DWM8And16BitMitigation WINXPSP2"
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Hope that helps.

Reply 6 of 10, by BEEN_Nath_58

Posted on 2025-07-11, 14:01

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Could be shenanigans by Windows Updates. I honestly never could solve such specific issues and just reinstalled Windows

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Reply 7 of 10, by miller11568

Posted on 2025-09-18, 07:17

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Does anyone have an idea to investigate the cause of Driver's crash on Windows 10?

Reply 8 of 10, by Truffon

Posted on 2025-09-19, 12:15

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Driver uses SafeDisc protection, which is deprecated on Windows 10+.
You need a workaround about that protection...

Reply 9 of 10, by miller11568

Posted on 2025-09-19, 14:39

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Truffon wrote on 2025-09-19, 12:15:

Driver uses SafeDisc protection, which is deprecated on Windows 10+.
You need a workaround about that protection...

I have SafeDiscShim on Windows 10, but the problem is that the game still crashes.

Reply 10 of 10, by Truffon

Posted on 2025-09-19, 19:47

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I have the Driver 2.1 update applied, removed SafeDisc from the executable, and it works on Windows 11.
So either SafeDisc is the problem, or you have another unrelated software/hardware problem.

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