ms dos agian

[shadowwoelf]

ok i finally got the dosbox to work for some reason it only works when my internet is on never the less i got in and now i want to know how can i run .exe files

[Guitar Gamer]

All you have to do is type the path of the file you wish to run - so something like this..

C:/Example/Example/MyProgram.exe

Pretty light weight stuff! *thumbs up*

[onewecallgod]

GG, your slashes are in the wrong way

[Guitar Gamer]

Eek. I always do that by accident...

C:\Imstupid\Allapologies\Changeslas hes.exe

shadowwoelf - It's good to know the command prompt quite well in general. I'd recommend searching a little bit for some basic DOS tutorials. There's some useful things you should know in case of a Windows emergency. *thumbs up*

[RockY]

You can also read the dosbox help file.

[onewecallgod]

to enter a folder: cd [insert folder name here]

to view a text file: type [insert textfile name here]

to run a file: [insert filename here including the extension]

to go back to c:\: cd\

to view the folder/drive contents: dir

thats really all you need to know to use dos

[shadowwoelf]

thxs everyone but when i try to run a game the thing wont work it does the begining allgood but then it goes blank and by the way gutiar gamer right now i am busy learing html and javascript and besides i was like only 8 when msdos was an accecity

[Guitar Gamer]

Don't worry - you can learn enough of DOS to get by for the most part in a matter of minutes. Just glance at what onewecallgod posted and you'll be set.

[shadowwoelf]

oo and by the way all u have to do is amke a folder named dosproc in your c:\
like
c:\dosprog\game.exe

then all u have to do is go into dir and type in

c:\>game.exe

to run it u dont have to write all of it out

and by the way anyone know where i can test out my dosbox with a dos program to see if it might be my programs fault

[Jet Set Willy]

You need to mount a directory on your drive to use in DOSBox, you can't just access your entire filesystem.

Z:\> mount c c:\dosprog
Z:\> c:
C:\> game.exe

Have you tried VDMSound? It's mostly better. After you install it, find your game in the Windows Explorer, right click it, and select "Run with VDMSound".