Thanks guys! That did it. I'm an idiot. It's been a while since I've used DOS. Gotta get with it.

Sorry to double post but does it matter if I haven't installed the game to the HD?

While I'm playing SQ4 in DOSBox after a while the game closes and goes to the DOSBox main screen and says: OUT OF HANDLES! SCRIPT #:0, IP:e7 Does anyone know how this happens and how I can prevent it? Thanks.

SQ4 works fine here. Read-only doesn't matter since when you create a new savegame it creates a new file which doesn't have read-only applied (obviously). Try checking permissions on the directory and using the latest CVS. I'm not sure what you mean by checking permissions or CVS. I have the CD …

Qbix wrote: you can't write on cdrom can't you ? i tried using the harddrive as a save point but it wont let me.

I just intalled DOSBox today and I got it to play Space Quest 4 by running it off the CD (it wouldn't let me run it off the HD). Now when I try to save my game it won't let me it says the specified directory is full or some crap. I tried changing the directory but it won't work. Anyone know what to …