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First post, by robertmo

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I have noticed that glidos is not able to run a game from drives other than C:
it is entering the folder on other drive but is not switching to it and tries to run exe from c: (the content of .bat file is wrong: missing "drive:")

Reply 1 of 20, by robertmo

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actually the problem is more serious as it is not restricted to C but to the drive glidos was installed on. I used to install glidos on a small partition for small programs only hence it was never working for me 😉

Reply 3 of 20, by robertmo

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windows,

set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Program Files\Glidos
cd D:\TOMBRAID\
COMMAND.COM /C Game.bat

DOSDRV
gldvesa.exe Tomb3dfx.exe

it simply tries to start the game form c:\program files\glidos
cause cd D:\TOMBRAID\ doesn't go to d:, it only changes directory on D: but stays in c:\program files\glidos

Reply 5 of 20, by wd

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cause cd D:\TOMBRAID\ doesn't go to d:,

That's how it works, as GliDOS says under DOS and Windows you'll need D: to change the drive.
Or is the snippet you posted somehow generated?

Reply 11 of 20, by Glidos

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Ah, that would be down to stupidity on my part. Try this one.

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  • Filename
    Glidos.exe
    File size
    1008 KiB
    Downloads
    444 downloads
    File comment
    v1.50b of Glidos.exe
    File license
    Fair use/fair dealing exception

Reply 16 of 20, by Glidos

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Yeah, I knew that. 😁
I meant, what exactly did you type when you got the error? Path
needs to be of the form
<drive letter>:\<path folder 1>\ ... \<path folder n>\<exe name>

If you select the exe using the Browse button it will have that form.