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1) -userconf: post your command line?

2) vertical squashing: setting aspect=true should fix it.
of course, optimal results would depend on your resolution, "output=" setting, and scaler used.

I have the following off a Desktop launch icon's
target text area:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\DOSBox-0.74\DOSBox.exe" -userconf dosbox.conf

The dosbox.conf that I create from the dosbox command line seems
to get written to my Windows 7 Desktop by default.

What do I need to do to run with that conf file?

-userconf pathtoyourothherconf

no, use -conf
-userconf doesn't take a parameter. Maybe read in the documentation what it does

Damnit, I should know that parameter 😉

I have the following in the target area of my Deskto icon:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\DOSBox-0.74\DOSBox.exe" -userconf C:\Users\Zac\Desktop\dosbox.conf

I have fullscreen=true in dosbox.conf, however dosbox still doesn't seem to read it.

?

Qbix wrote:

no, use -conf
-userconf doesn't take a parameter. Maybe read in the documentation what it does

I have used the following in my desktop lanucnher icon:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\DOSBox-0.74\DOSBox.exe" -conf C:\Users\Zac\Desktop\dosbox.conf

and have found that the conf file still isn't being read.

I am using dosbox 0.74.

Any further ideas?

Perhaps that is not the correct path to your conf file. Go to your conf file and hold the shift key, right click on the dosbox.conf and choose "Copy as path". The correct path will be on your Windows Clipboard to paste after the -conf parameter.

I can assure you that this is indeed the correct path to my desired conf file,
since it references the desktop, and I can read and see my conf file there!

What ought I do, given my last reply's target commands?

Try that on the command line

It works just fine on the command line!

What do I do to my Windows 7 Desktop launcher icon to get the same behaviour?

Set everything in the quotes, perhaps (not 100% sure anymore how that works on Windows)

When I try to enclose the entire command as one String,
Windows 7 gives me an error notifier telling me that it just won't accept this.
I then may reply OK, and it will not take the whole command in and save it.

Is there anyone at that end who might know the Windows 7 thing to do?

Perhaps try it like this:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\DOSBox-0.74\DOSBox.exe" -conf "C:\Users\Zac\Desktop\dosbox.conf"
That's what copy as path, as Collector suggested, would produce.

I have tried this approach:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\DOSBox-0.74\DOSBox.exe" -conf "C:\Users\Zac\Desktop\dosbox.conf"

and while windows 7 will allow me to OK this on my launcher, dosbox still doesn't seem to execute this at all, and loads without reading dosbox.conf.

Any ideas?

Put dosbox.conf where DosBox resides...

I have done so, on Windows 7, with still no success.
It works fine when stipulated from Run, however I need
it to work from a Desktop Application Launcher...