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First post, by themooingcow

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okay i made my directory c: for dosbox and im trying to do
cd descent and it wonlt let me change it so that i can do descent.exe to play descent can someone help??? and if there is an easier way to play on dosbox can u tell me please thx

Reply 1 of 12, by wd

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What about telling exactly where the directories are and how you mount them?
Did you read through the guides threads?

Easier way: search for frontends.

Reply 2 of 12, by themooingcow

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what are frontends
and yah i saved descent to old games 2 in the c directory and i mounted that then when i go and try to do
cd descent
iy says descent cant be changed

Reply 3 of 12, by wd

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forum.search.frontend()

Post the exact commands you used for mounting.

Reply 4 of 12, by themooingcow

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like this
frontend C C:\ old games 2
???

Reply 5 of 12, by wd

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Did you type "c:" after mounting?
Otherwise ??? and post a screenshot of what you REALLY did.

Reply 6 of 12, by themooingcow

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🤣 umm how do u post a screenshot
i just installed dos box like a few days ago
heres what i did

Z:\>mount C C:\ old games 2
(in red) Mounting C:\ is NOT recomended. please mount a (sub)directory next time.

Z:\>C:

C:\> cd descent
unable to change descent

thats exactly what i did

Reply 7 of 12, by themooingcow

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Z:\>mount C C:\ old games 2
(in red) Mounting C:\ is NOT recomended. please mount a (sub)directory next time.
Drive C is mounted as local directory C:\

Z:\>C:

C:\> cd descent
unable to change descent

oh yah i forgot to add what it said after
(in red) Mounting C:\ is NOT recomended. please mount a (sub)directory next time.

Reply 8 of 12, by wd

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type this:
mount C "C:\old games 2"

Care of spaces.

Reply 9 of 12, by themooingcow

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ok desccent is in the directory know but how do i play it???
oh and btw thx for helping

Reply 10 of 12, by themooingcow

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ok i figured out how to play nvm so i just do that for all the other games???

Reply 11 of 12, by wd

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No, see the [autoexec] section of dosbox.conf
All commands entered there will be executed on startup,
so place your "mount ..." and "c:" things there.

Reply 12 of 12, by themooingcow

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oh cool thx