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Is There A Way to Only Have One Copy of DOSBOX Installed?

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First post, by JonJonz

Posted on 2020-06-28, 13:59

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I have quite a few games that require DOSBOX.
They come from GOG, Steam, and other sources.
They all install a separate copy of DOXBOX, many of which are very old versions.

Is there a way to set things up so these games can run from a single up-to-date installation of DOXBOX?

Reply 1 of 3, by xcomcmdr

Posted on 2020-06-28, 14:28

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I'd create a symbolic link with mklink /s everywhere you want to target that single version of dosbox.exe.

Reply 2 of 3, by Dominus

Posted on 2020-06-28, 14:39

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xcomcmdr wrote on 2020-06-28, 14:28:

I'd create a symbolic link with mklink /s everywhere you want to target that single version of dosbox.exe.

I think that is pretty much the only way to go

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Reply 3 of 3, by junglemontana

Posted on 2020-07-17, 07:26

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I've taken some GOG games out of their installation directory and mounted and played them manually using DOSbox. It requires lots of manual work. Using symbolic links sounds like a good solution.

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