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Copy EXE files?

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First post, by djp

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I'm sure this sounds completely ridiculous, but I had someone say to me "just copy the game's exe file on top of the dosbox exe file" to run it. I haven't tried it - is it possible?

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Reply 1 of 5, by leileilol

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they're blind and know nothing. Throw away this "advice" and move on

unless they mean drag and drop, then maybe

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Reply 2 of 5, by DosFreak

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Same thing as dragging it onto the shortcut. DosBox reads the source path and uses that.

It's highly recommended not to use this though unless you know for sure that the games don't need any special tweaking or mount options.

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Reply 3 of 5, by djp

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Well, he actually said copy/paste, but his command of English is not so great 😀

Edit - Well, thanks, I think I'll go read me some FAQs instead of looking for an easy way out.

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Reply 4 of 5, by MiniMax

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/me gives a cookie to djp.

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Reply 5 of 5, by leileilol

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it's rare to find instructions/manual/info readers here. here have another trophy and a baguette

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