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First post, by mperelman

Posted on 2016-05-01, 17:52

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When I am changing an existing file, and put the old file on my C drive. My computer was just replaced and DOSBOX does not recognize the C Dr. except right after I mount the drive. When using my outliner, Maxthink, the program does not recognize the C Dr.

I can close the program, which leaves me with the command prompt, which does recognize the C drive.

I have not had a problem like this in my older backup computers.

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Reply 1 of 7, by Jorpho

Posted on 2016-05-01, 18:01

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mperelman wrote:
When using my outliner, Maxthink, the program does not recognize the C Dr.

What leads you to this conclusion?

Reply 2 of 7, by mperelman

Posted on 2016-05-01, 18:29

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The conclusion is pretty simple. The program normally has the capacity to show the contents of different directories.
Maxthink is a DOS program and the command to show a directory is DOS command. If I shut down the program, I can use the D)S dir command, but I cannot save a file to D:\

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Reply 3 of 7, by Dominus

Posted on 2016-05-01, 18:54

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It depends on your mount command AND on your host OS -> maybe the folder you mounted as C (or D?) does not have the correct rights to save to.

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Reply 4 of 7, by collector

Posted on 2016-05-01, 19:48

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Probably a permissions issue. Try mounting a non-system as your emulated "C:" instead of the root of your system drive.

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Reply 5 of 7, by mperelman

Posted on 2016-05-01, 23:36

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I tried to give the C drive all permissions. I am running window 7

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Reply 6 of 7, by collector

Posted on 2016-05-02, 00:54

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Don't mount the root of your system drive.

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Reply 7 of 7, by Dominus

Posted on 2016-05-02, 04:37

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Yes, it's an important security measure of Newer Windows than XP to make the root of C read only. And an important security measure of Dosbox not to mount the root of C.

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