Ok, here's the story.

I recorded some video in DOSBox-0.72. I went to run the files, and got the "don't recognize this file" yada yada. Looked at the instructions again, went in the start menu, found the "install ZMBV codec" selection, and click it. I see a few files get copied and moved here and there, and I figure that that's it, simple enough. But it seems that things are never simple when I'm at the helm...

I go to play the file in Windows Media Player, and the file type still is not recognized. Windows Movie Maker doesn't recognize it. Quicktime won't recognize it. DivX won't recognize it. VirtualDub won't recognize it. I try reinstalling the codec; at this point, I've lost count how many attempts I've made. It looks like it gets installed, but all my media players say differently.

Why isn't the codec installing? Is it installing and there's a problem elsewhere? Do I need to restart the computer or something? Am I forgetting something? Any help at all would be appreciated.