About the only directory I can get to work is c c:\windows, and that's not what I want. I followed a step-by-step thing for playing old games with a DOSbox, but it won't recognize any directories. What am I doing wrong?
Try directory names with 8 or less characters.
1+1=10
Well, the folder I made is called "oldgames", so it should work. A directory is just a folder, right?
You are right.
What mounting commands did you use?
Try something like
Z:\>mount c c:\oldgames
Z:\>c:
C:\>
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You are right.
What mounting commands did you use?
Try something like
Z:\>mount c c:\oldgames
Z:\>c:
C:\>
That's what I'm doing, except it never gets past the "mount c c:\oldgames" part. It always tells me that it doesn't exist, when I have it sitting on my desktop.
Where is "oldgames" on your computer?
Does it have to be in a certain place? It's just on my desktop.
yeah that is not the right place.
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And the right place would be?
the location you type at
mount c location
(so that would be
go to
drive C (harddisk C)
and make a new folder there
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wrote:the location you type at mount c location […]
the location you type at
mount c location(so that would be
go to
drive C (harddisk C)
and make a new folder there
Umm... How do I get there? I'm really bad with computers >___>
My Computer -> Local Disk (C:)
wrote:Does it have to be in a certain place? It's just on my desktop.
mount C "C:\Documents and Settings\Kanto\Desktop\oldgames"
(adjust for your Windows user name, and whatever "Desktop" is in your own Windows language)
Edit: Changed "My Documents" to "Desktop"
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wrote:wrote:Does it have to be in a certain place? It's just on my desktop.
mount C "C:\Documents and Settings\Kanto\My Documents\oldgames"
(adjust for your Windows user name, and whatever "My Documents" is in your own Windows language)
No no, his desktop, not his documents folder. So replace 'My Documents' with 'Desktop'.
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to be more specific...
mount C "C:\Documents and Settings\Kanto\desktop\oldgames"
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oh and please. Consider using a frontend.
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Even in a frontend he'd still have to understand file structure....right? Man I fear for the day when an MS OS has the filesystem even more obscured by useless BS.
Are you saying that /home/Kanto/oldgames is so much better than C:\Documents and Settings\Kanto\Desktop\oldgames?
lawl i prefered where the desktop was on win9x then how it is under winXP...... in win9x it was c:\windows\desktop\ where as in winXP its C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Desktop\
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Why don't you just create a oldgames folder at the root level of C: drive?
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