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Dosbox won't work at all for me!

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First post, by asTer0id

Posted on 2010-01-26, 23:39

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I have Windows XP SP3. I installed and ran Dosbox 0.73, but two windows show up, an orange one with the dosbox logo and another one which says switching to vfa, opened midi device win32 and so on.
then both windows close!
I can't seem to make the shell to stay open to be able to type in any commands!
what am i doing wrong?

Reply 1 of 9, by Jo22

Posted on 2010-01-27, 00:39

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Are your graphics and sound drivers up to date ?

Reply 2 of 9, by asTer0id

Posted on 2010-01-27, 04:49

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well yes, I have nvidia 7800 GTX and the newest realtek audio drivers.

Reply 3 of 9, by asTer0id

Posted on 2010-01-27, 05:04

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this is the last thing i see before both the windows close.
i don't get an error or anything. they just open and then shut down.
(check out dosboxerror.png)

Reply 4 of 9, by wd

Posted on 2010-01-27, 07:37

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a) to repeat Jo22's question: are the graphics drivers up to date?
b) use a CLEAN dosbox 0.73 installation and don't mess around with the config file

Reply 5 of 9, by asTer0id

Posted on 2010-01-27, 13:29

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a) yes, latest sound and graphics drivers installed
b) tried with a clean install of dosbox in a completely new folder after uninstalling the old dosbox, no use.

Reply 6 of 9, by robertmo

Posted on 2010-01-27, 13:38

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is dosbox's status window displaying the same messages as before?

Reply 7 of 9, by asTer0id

Posted on 2010-01-27, 15:18

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same messages.
heres another screenshot. clean install, newest drivers.

Reply 8 of 9, by robertmo

Posted on 2010-01-27, 15:23

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reset config (in start menu) and check again.

Reply 9 of 9, by h-a-l-9000

Posted on 2010-01-27, 15:24

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Delete the dosbox-0.73.conf mentioned there.

1+1=10

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