Something I found at another forum (slighty altered to protect the blind).

jereminion Junior Member Posts: 7 dosbox help hi i need help trying to open a video game that requires dos to use..how do i […]
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dosbox help

hi i need help trying to open a video game that requires dos to use..how do i open the game .exe file with the dosbox? i need commands i think or something, i am totally new at this. 😜

trekkiejt Member Posts: 78 Change to the directory where the file is, type the exe file name and press enter. […]
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Change to the directory where the file is, type the exe file name and press enter.

For example if it Scorched Earth:
1. Computer boots to dos or windows exited to dos, or dos emulator running and prompts "C:\>"
2. Type dir/p/w, press Enter, and look for the dirtectory name, it will look like "[SCORCH]".
3. Type "cd scorch" and press Enter.
4. Type dir/p/w, press Enter, and look for the file that ends with ".EXE" like "SCORCH.EXE".
5. Type the file name (i.e. "SCORCH") and press Enter.
6. Enjoy.

jereminion Junior Member Posts: 7 thanks for helping but can you help in this particular situation; […]
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thanks for helping but can you help in this particular situation;

directory is H
im trying to open panel.exe
directory:H:\System.Shock.2.PC.Game.

also how do i change directory, currently it is at 'Z'

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Originally Posted by jereminion
also how do i change directory, currently it is at 'Z'

cd\H

jereminion Junior Member Posts: 7 in responce it wrote 'Unable to change to: \h […]
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in responce it wrote 'Unable to change to: \h

when i put H in upper case, it just said ch\H is an illegal command

trekkiejt Member Posts: 78 First of all the "H" is called the drive letter and the directory is what comes after the "H:\", di […]
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First of all the "H" is called the drive letter and the directory is what comes after the "H:\", directory equals folder. In MSDOS long names are renamed with a tilde and a number at the end making it only 8 characters. In this case you would probably type "cd system~1" after the "H:\" and press Enter. Then just type "panel" or "panel.exe" and press enter. (When you enter a name without an extension in MSDOS it looks for the extensions ".COM", ".BAT", and ".EXE", whichever comes first is the one ran.)

trekkiejt Member Posts: 78 To change to another drive just type "h:" or "h:\" and press Enter. H usually stands for a host dri […]
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To change to another drive just type "h:" or "h:\" and press Enter. H usually stands for a host drive or a device listed after several others.

jereminion Junior Member Posts: 7 actually i got it to change directories, but when i typed 'panel.exe', it said 'Cannot run i […]
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actually i got it to change directories, but when i typed 'panel.exe', it said 'Cannot run in DOS mode.'

trekkiejt Member Posts: 78 Okay, what O/S are you using? If it is 2k or XP it may not work because they do not use MSDOS. […]
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Okay, what O/S are you using? If it is 2k or XP it may not work because they do not use MSDOS.

trekkiejt Member Posts: 78 That means it needs to be run in Windows. […]
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That means it needs to be run in Windows.

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i dont know what O/S means, but i am using Windows XP Professional Edition. i am aware they dont use msdos and i was seeking answers from dosbox 😳

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Originally Posted by trekkiejt
That means it needs to be run in Windows.

yes it works in windows, but when i try to install the game, it says 'C\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications. Choose 'Close' to terminate the application. When i press 'Ignore' instead of 'Close', it just closes the installation anyhow.

trekkiejt Member Posts: 78 O/S is Operating System which in you case is Windows XP Professional Edition. Sorry I thought you w […]
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O/S is Operating System which in you case is Windows XP Professional Edition. Sorry I thought you were using MSDOS on a "DOS Box" as in a "DOS only machine" and not a DOS emulator. Other terms like it include "Winbox", "Linbox", "Mepisbox", "Macbox", etc..

Is the game on a CD or a Hard Drive?
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jereminion Junior Member the game is on hard drive […]
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the game is on hard drive

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TAke a look at this... http://unodocs.nmsu.edu/RoboDocs/Web...ator/ji_05.htm

Sometimes the autoexec.nt (text) file just vanishes, happened to me a few months ago.