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My Vista + DosBox = Bad problems

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First post, by spriter-san

Posted on 2008-06-01, 15:24

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Hello everyone. I am running a 32-bit Vista Home Edition and am having problems loading Both of my Warcraft games and the Warcraft II expansion on DosBox. Whenever I try and load Warcraft I onto DosBox, I get an error message saying:

Z:\>c:\war.exe
Stub exec failed:
dos4gw.exe
No such file or directory

That's weird, as I have that exact file in the spot it was installed in.

I have similar problems running Warcraft II, Wolfenstein 3D + SoD + MP.
What should/can I do to fix this problem?

Oh and by the way, all of my games are purchased and legal.

Thanx.

Out~

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Reply 1 of 8, by MiniMax

Posted on 2008-06-01, 15:25

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C:\
war

Reply 2 of 8, by spriter-san

Posted on 2008-06-01, 15:35

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Ah, that worked perfectly! Thank you!
Oh, one more thing, how do you make the DosBox window Full Screen?

Thanx

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Reply 3 of 8, by DosFreak

Posted on 2008-06-01, 16:00

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ALT+ENTER or edit dosbox.conf and change fullscreen=true

Both of the above are in the README included with DOSBox, the README is in the english language and can be accessed by browsing the Start Menu for the DOSBox entry and clicking on README.

README

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Make your games work offline

Reply 4 of 8, by spriter-san

Posted on 2008-06-01, 16:02

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Thanks!
Sorry, but does anyone have the Warcraft II 1.5 Windows patch? It won't download from blizzard's site.

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Reply 5 of 8, by wd

Posted on 2008-06-01, 16:15

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maybe ask blizzard

Reply 6 of 8, by spriter-san

Posted on 2008-06-01, 16:57

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How would I use WC2 Single Player when it says I need a cd?
Is there a mount I need to do or something?
Because when i try to play, even with my cd in my drive, it tells me I can't play without one.

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Reply 7 of 8, by leileilol

Posted on 2008-06-01, 17:03

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Mount cd first, instructions are in the dosbox intro and readme (do people read those?)
install game through dosbox (DON'T install it through windows)
play game through dosbox

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