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First post, by sbrodie

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After months of working properly, I now encounter the following problem running Dos Box 0.74 :

When I try to type a "\" character ("backslash"), I get instead a "]" ("right square-bracked"); several other keys echo incorrectly as well.

This of course prevents me from mounting a directory, and renders Dos Box unusable.

This error does not occur elsewhere on this computer (running Windows 7).

If I use the D-fend Reloaded front end, I can run my application, but this error in the interpretation of the keyboard persists within the application.

I have tried uninstalling Dos Box, downloading a fresh copy and reinstalling it, but this did not fix the problem.

Please advise.

Scott.
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New York

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Reply 1 of 9, by robertmo

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what is your dosbox version and where have you got it from?
what is your Operating System?
what are your PC specifications?

post content of "DOSBox Status Window" (in Windows: right click on its title bar -> edit)
enclose your dosbox's config file

Reply 2 of 9, by Gamecollector

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Looks like your keyboard layout is simply set as "japan 106/109" in windows settings. Change to standard english 101/102.

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Reply 5 of 9, by Davros

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In pure dos you would have the following in autoexec.bat

mode con codepage prepare=((850) C:\windows\COMMAND\ega.cpi)
mode con codepage select=850

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Reply 7 of 9, by Gamecollector

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I do not have Win7, so - not 100% sure. In Vista this is in Control Panel/Regional and Languages options/Keyboard and Languages. If you see something like "Japanese 106/109" - you find the trouble's source.

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Voodoo2 12 MB SLI, Win2k drivers 1.02.00 (XpProSp3).

Reply 9 of 9, by Gamecollector

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Problems with HP laptop keyboard mapping

Asus P4P800 SE/Pentium4 3.2E/2 Gb DDR400B,
Radeon HD3850 Agp (Sapphire), Catalyst 14.4 (XpProSp3).
Voodoo2 12 MB SLI, Win2k drivers 1.02.00 (XpProSp3).