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"this program requires microsoft windows"

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First post, by panther8644

Posted on 2010-01-09, 06:23

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Hello i'm new to dos so forgive any mistake i may have made to cause this but while trying to install yobi's basic spelling tricks, when i run the setup it says the error in the subject line.... im running 64 bit of win 7. help?

Reply 1 of 2, by Qbix

Posted on 2010-01-09, 07:14

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uhm what do you don't understand from the error message ?

You are running a windows program in a DOS emulator

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Reply 2 of 2, by eL_PuSHeR

Posted on 2010-01-09, 12:25

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DOSBox as its name implies is for MS-DOS games, not Windows ones.

If your program is a Windows binary (executable), you just run it under Windows.

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