Alexander wrote:
1. Non modal image previewer: Program settings -> External programs -> Media viewers -> "Show internal image viewer as modal window"=off
Doesn't work for me. Neither with an updated version from D-Fend 1.1 nor with a fresh version (I tried the full zip version without installer to test this). In both cases, like described above, the checkbox always stays unchecked after closing/opening the settings dialog, regardless of the state I set it to. And, what's worse, the main window is still locked while viewing an image. Maybe I have more luck with the next beta. 😉
Alexander wrote:
2. Global DOSBox settings: Program settings -> DOSBox -> More settings for this DOSBOX installation -> Custom settings
Thanks. A little bit harder to reach than I had hoped for. But on the other hand with different settings for different Dosbox versions. So all in all, even better than what I had in mind 😀
Alexander wrote:
5. Transfering Windows based programs can cause many problems but anyway I will add some functions to support this in 1.2b2. For security reason this will be turned off by default and you will have to enable support for making archive files from Windows profiles and importing Windows profiles in the setup dialog (External programs -> Windows games).
That's great. I know that there are many possible sources of error with simply copying Windows games. But I take great care to catch them all. In fact, I install the games in a virtual machine, record any registry changes, dll additions to system folders etc. Then I copy them over to the real machine, and, if needed, create .reg files for the registry changes and so on. So at least my Windows games are definitely fully archivable with D-Fend.
But you're right. Not everybody will take such care to ensure this is working. So leaving this off by default seems like a good idea to me.
If that is not too much work, please add an option to include external files and directories like it's possible with DOS games. That would be a great help to catch really everything in one archive, including CD-images and such.