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Dosbox created folder not exist in Vista

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First post, by klynix

Posted on 2009-09-17, 09:40

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hi all,
i hope someone can explain to me my senario bellow.
i am using Vista installed dosbox too.
i experienced where i created a folder in dosbox, but i can't find it at window explorer at the folder which i mounted with dosbox.
for example: i mount c c:\dos as my dosbox c drive.
then i create a directory call "aaa". i suppose it should appear at logical drive at my c:\dos\aaa. But when i browse using windows explorer,
i cant find it.
So i close my dosbox and restart it. the directory "aaa" still appear in my dosbox c drive.

Then, i use "run as administrator" to execute my dosbox and check, the folder "aaa" is empty at c:\dos. Then, i create again the folder named "aaa". and finally it appear.

can anyone tell me where do i find my dosbox folder which created without using the "run as adminstrator" security command?

Reply 1 of 5, by klynix

Posted on 2009-09-17, 09:50

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by the way,
my real mount folder c:\program files\softstar\swdgold. I try to mount at c:\temp without "run as administrator" and create a folder "aaa" and it work fine.
Is it because vista security protecting C:\program files folder or something else?

Reply 2 of 5, by Qbix

Posted on 2009-09-17, 09:53

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yes it is vista creating a virtual copy of the folder
it is in c:\users\yourname\......\virtual store\program files\..........

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Reply 3 of 5, by DosFreak

Posted on 2009-09-17, 10:37

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klynix wrote:
by the way,
my real mount folder c:\program files\softstar\swdgold. I try to mount at c:\temp without "run as administrator" and create a folder "aaa" and it work fine.
Is it because vista security protecting C:\program files folder or something else?

C:\Temp was created by you therefore you have write permissions to it.

Whereas all the other folders by default you do not have write permissions.

So you either change permissions to allow write (Only do this if you know what you are doing or if you must) or you use the Virtual Store to store the data in your profile (Recommended)

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