Dos Box question
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Dos Box question
Is there a way to make a program always open with Dos Box without having to drag the program to it?
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Re: Dos Box question
Make a shortcut to DOSBox and change the target filename to add the path and filename of the program you want to run as a command line parameter to dosbox.exe in the field. Use quotes if the path has a directory and/or filename with spaces.
That's the only way. There's no right-click and Open With Dosbox option like VDMSound.
That's the only way. There's no right-click and Open With Dosbox option like VDMSound.
Re: Dos Box question
You can change the dosbox autoexec.bat and put an old DOS .bat menu to choose what game do you want to run.
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Re: Dos Box question
Thanks for the help but I don't think I understand quite right. I guess I'm just an idiot. So unless there is a way to dumb down your explanation I guess I'll either never get it or I'll just have to experiment till I do. No offense.
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Re: Dos Box question
It's easy. Make a shortcut to Dosbox. Right click on the icon of the shortcut you just made and go to properties. In the Target field add the path and filename of whatever program you want to run in DOSBox. So it'll look something like this:
"c:\Program Files\DOSBox\dosbox.exe" "c:\Games\Thisgame\game.exe"
"c:\Program Files\DOSBox\dosbox.exe" "c:\Games\Thisgame\game.exe"
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Re: Dos Box question
Or just use a frontend for DosBox.
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Re: Dos Box question
Thank you guys I got it working yesterday. Sorry I'm late with the thank you just been busy.