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Getting multiple .conf files to run for Dosbox 0.74

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First post, by Dossy

Posted on 2011-03-14, 04:05

Dossy Offline

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Okay. So i've read the manual, about 10 times now, and i've google searched for about 3 hours straight, and I cannot find out how to get multiple .conf files to run for Dosbox 0.74.

I read from the manual Dosbox -conf <configfilelocation> will run that .conf file. So i've done tried, in the target location from the desktop icon,

"C:\Program Files\DOSBox-0.74\DOSBox.exe" -conf C:\Program Files\DOSBox-0.74\mech2.conf

I've also tried running it from cmd.exe. I get the same result everytime... Dosbox loads ONLY from the main .conf file.

Is there any way I can run multiple .conf files for Dosbox 0.74? And if so please let me know... I am mentally exhausted at this point from working at it and getting no results. Thanks.

Reply 1 of 3, by Gamecollector

Posted on 2011-03-14, 05:41

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You must use "" with your .conf name.
Try dosbox.ece -conf "C:\Program Files\DOSBox-0.74\mech2.conf"
Plus, by default, dosbox search the .conf file in the work directory, so -conf "mech2.conf" must work too.
P.S. all above is for Windows system, not sure about *nix or MacOS.