Works for me.

2 options use /
or select a us international keyboard layout.

Doesn't work for me either. Also, for some reason I can't select a US keyboard layout.
Or rather, I can select it but it doesn't seem to affect DOSbox. In general, DOSbox seems to have, um, a very custom way of using the keyboard - every key on my (German) keyboard works as expected, except the umlauts and the backslash.
If that helps any, the backslash on German keyboard layouts is achieved by pressing ctrl+alt+the "ß" (ß) / "?" key, while umlauts have their own keys.
See http://www.mag-murphy.net/temp/germankeys.png for a quick overview of the German keyboard layout.

What I forgot: a forward slash as a substitute for the backslash doesn't work in for example many installation programs.

I'm using a swedish keyboard and have the same problem. The "\" is made from the same key as the German keyboard. ALT Gr + ? makes the \

I have the same problem and I'm using finnish keyboard. \ comes by pushing ALT Gr and ? but not in the dosbox.

Hi,

i also had the problem...i think the post from one guy was little wrong written!

use

MOUNT C F://....

this works :)

any one know ascendancy?
:)

I use a french keyboard, \ is impossible in dosbox like every of you.

// works well, thanks

what about "~" ?

the "~" is the button left fron "1"

try it with "shift"

thanx for all replies guys

thx for the tips 😀 "//" works THX GUYS!

Doesn't do the trick for me in any of the game installation programs I've tried (Shattered Steel, Jagged Alliance, Albion, Space Hulk) 🙁

-- Outrider

Then you can just, um, change your keyboard layout. 😁

See my above post (unnamed, sorry) - I can change my keyboard layout, but it doesn't affect DOSbox. 🙁
At the moment, I work around the problem by mounting the target directories as drives, which works with most games. It's not exactly an elegant solution though 😉

The problem is the keyboard layout.
If you have CVS, you can add support by going here ..
download.php?id=705
Or wait for the next exciting episode of dosbox 0.61.

my solution :
create a new text file, rename it "(anything).bat", inside write this :

@echo off
dosbox (name of the game folder)

that's it ! it will automatically mount the game folder as c:

I don't know if/how changing the keyboard layout will work for the rest of you, but it does the trick for me.

I have not yet had the need to reach keys like []{}~ in DOSbox, only "\" (which is Alt-Gr + ">" key) and @ (which is Alt-Gr + "2").

I used the Control Panel in Windows to add English as an extra input locale for my Danish keyboard, and enabled Left-Alt + Shift as the hot-key for changing keyboard layout.

Now, whenever I need "\" or "@", I just press Left-Alt + Shift, wait for the little indicator in the system tray to change from "DA" to "EN". Now pressing the "><" (without Alt) or the "2" key (with Shift), produces the desired character.

And pressing Left-Alt + Shift returns me to my normal, Danish keyboard. It is not elegant, but it is workable workaround.

Switching keyboard layouts is nothing special to me. I have a Danish keyboard at home, a work-laptop with a Danish built-in keyboard, but with my detachable keyboard is is Swedish, and once in a while I have to use an X11-server which prefer a English keyboard...
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MiniMax