I'm mounting c in the dosbox.conf by using:
mount c c:\lsl
c:
cls
It doens't work when I pin dosbox.exe to Vista's start menu and run it. Dosbox opens but it doesn't run appear to run the [AutoExec] section. When I run it from Explorer or from a desktop icon it runs fine.
Anuone else have this problem??
Any help will be appreciated,
James
Hint: If DOSBox does not use your dosbox.conf file, perhaps it is because it does not know where it is?
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It seems to know where it is when I run dosbox from a destop shortcut?!
And? Have you looked "inside" that desktop shortcut? (right-click, Properties...)
What do you see?
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The path is the same for the Start Menu item and the Desktop shortcut.
Is there something else I should be looking for?
James
And that path is?
Anything different about the Start-In folder?
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C:\Utilities\DOSBox-0.72\dosbox.exe
Mine, a default install, is a bit different:
C:\Program\DOSBox-0.72\dosbox.exe -conf "C:\Program\DOSBox-0.72\dosbox.conf"
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That's where I put all my utilities.
That's obviously not the default install.
You say tomato, I say tomato - that is not the issue. But I have a -conf option that specifies which config file to use. What do you have?
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Where do I find this option??
wrote:And? Have you looked "inside" that desktop shortcut? (right-click, Properties...)
What do you see?
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After doing some playing around I found something out.
When I tell Explorer to pin dosbox.exe to the Start Menu and run it it doesn't run the config file. I see a message behind the dosbox's main window saying dosbox is using the fefault settings and instructing me to create a config file. BUT, when I create a shortcut of dosbox.exe from Explorer and pin that to the Start menu it reads and runs the config file fine. I dont' know why.
James
If you put dosbox.exe in the Start Menu then dosbox.exe is now in a seperate location from your dosbox.conf.
If you put a shortcut in the Start Menu then you are pointing to the directory where dosbox.exe and dosbox.conf are located.
Got it.
Thanks much for the assistance,
James
