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First post, by Lorenis

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My problem is that when ever i try to open dosbox is instantly just closes
with a windows error report

this problem only started last week and i hadnt changed anything what so ever about my pc for the past 2 months and norton and avg both say there are no viruses

my computer specs are:
processor : Intel pentium D 930 3.0Ghz
ram : 1024 mb ddr2
sound : onboard realtek hdaudio
gfx card : Nvidia Geforce 8800GTS 320mb
Hdd : 1.25Tb hard drive space across 4 hdd's all sata-II
OS : Windows Xp Professional Sp2

ive tried almost everything i can think of to get this to work ive tried :
restarting my pc
reinstalling dosbox
downloading dosbox again
using an older version of dosbox
Closing all open apps
using only one screen instead of 2
using compatibility mode

Reply 1 of 11, by MiniMax

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Hmmm.... Compatibility mode shouldn't do anything to DOSBox. Tried disabling your anti-virus?

What do that error report say?

What if you start a CMD-window and start DOSBox from the CMD-prompt?

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Reply 2 of 11, by IIGS_User

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MiniMax wrote:

Tried disabling your anti-virus?

You mean, XPSP2 thinks DOSBox is a virus? 😵

Klimawandel.

Reply 3 of 11, by Lorenis

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Man That Was Really Quick reply 😀

disabling anti-virus didnt do anything it still closes
and running from a CMD window didnt do anything also
i forgot to mention that the status window opens up with

CONFIG:Loading settings from config file dosbox.conf
MIDI:Opened device:win32

Then It Crashes

Reply 4 of 11, by MiniMax

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Tried different versions of DOSBox? You can have several version of DOSBox installed without problems 😀

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Reply 5 of 11, by Lorenis

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By Tried diferent versions was that i uninstalled one and installed a different version

but yes you can run multiple versions of dosbox at any time with out problems at least i have before

Reply 6 of 11, by MiniMax

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What if you start DOSBox from a CMD prompt?

Try to do a

C:> set SDL_VIDEODRIVER=windib
C:> dosbox.exe

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Reply 7 of 11, by Lorenis

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i just tried that and it still doesnt work

im gonna try to reinstall my gfx driver that might fix it

Reply 8 of 11, by wd

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Yes, also check your directx installation and the graphics acceleration.

Reply 9 of 11, by Qbix

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try in the configfile:
joysticktype=none

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Reply 10 of 11, by Lorenis

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well reinstalling the gfx driver kinda fixed it but i think i need to reinstall windows because i am getting display distortion now

and its happening on everything even windows desktop
so hopefully reinstalling windows fixes it
because i dont want to be forced into buying another new gfx card

Reply 11 of 11, by Lorenis

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sorry for the double post

i forgot to thank all of you for your help So
Thankyou Everyone for all the help you have given me 😀

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