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First post, by BladeFireLight

Posted on 2009-10-22, 06:15

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0.73 consistently hangs on the following in a batch file

1config -get "cpu core" >>%redir%
2set DosBoxCPU=%CONFIG%
3config -get "cpu cycles" >>%redir%
4set DosBoxCycles=%CONFIG%
5config -set "cpu core=dynamic"
6config -set "cpu cycles=max"

it also hangs when a batch file does a call to another batch file. It happens consistently in the files I'm working on but I cant seem to replicate it in a simplified example.

I have tested this against both the release and the today's CVS build.

This worked in 0.72 just fine.

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Reply 1 of 10, by Qbix

Posted on 2010-01-27, 18:36

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Can somebody confirm this ?
It works fine at my place.
(I added a set redir=piet)
but it worked without as well. (Linux 64 bit)

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Reply 2 of 10, by DosFreak

Posted on 2010-01-27, 20:48

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Ran it about 15 times each with 0.73 and 0.74RC1 on Windows 7 64bit Ultimate on my C2DP9600 laptop.

I loaded DOSBox and then launched the .bat inside.

Didn't test launching the .bat using dosbox.exe.

UAC on to full (I always have it on)

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Reply 3 of 10, by collector

Posted on 2010-01-27, 22:05

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Ditto here with 0.73 on Windows 7 64-bit Pro OEM. Multiple times each with launching inside, launching DOSBox with and from the autoexec of the conf file. Worked every time with no crashes.

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Reply 4 of 10, by robertmo

Posted on 2010-01-28, 16:03

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BladeFireLight move your whole dosbox folder from C:\Program Files\DOSBox-0.73\ to C:\DOSBox-0.73\ and tell us whether it helped.

Reply 5 of 10, by collector

Posted on 2010-01-28, 19:33

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robertmo wrote:
BladeFireLight move your whole dosbox folder from C:\Program Files\DOSBox-0.73\ to C:\DOSBox-0.73\ and tell us whether it helped.

I didn't think of that . Even though it worked for me, it is true that I have my UAC turned off.

Reply 6 of 10, by Qbix

Posted on 2010-01-29, 10:03

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redirecting to a write protected directory seems to work fine for me. (or at least doesn't result in hanging)

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Reply 7 of 10, by robertmo

Posted on 2010-01-29, 10:42

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the batch file still works on my win 7 64-bit even if i set User Account Control to the highest protection level. I even added call .bat at the end so it works in a loop.

Qbix btw where is stderr.txt and stdout.txt in win 7 as i don't see them neither in program files nor in data apps when i run dosbox -noconsole

Reply 8 of 10, by Qbix

Posted on 2010-01-29, 11:07

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dunno where they are

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Reply 9 of 10, by DosFreak

Posted on 2010-01-29, 11:31

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They should go to the Virtualstore if you don't have write permissions to the folder.

If you move the DOSBox folder out of Program Files then the location in the Virtualstore will be different.

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Reply 10 of 10, by robertmo

Posted on 2010-01-29, 12:13

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If I move the DOSBox folder out of Program Files they appear in DOSBox folder.

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