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First post, by Ryuzzz

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I just downloaded and installed the dosbox from www.dosbox.com but when i open dosbox, two windows appear, 1 with cmd lines and the other flashed the dosbox logo and went black and its gonna be black the until you close dosbox. when i looked at youtube videos, their dosbox doesnt have the same problem. can anyone help me with this? i really need it, thanks!

I'm using Windows 7 64bit

Reply 1 of 8, by Dominus

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Change output in dosbox settings (it's a text file you have to edit but thereis an item for that in the start menu)

Windows 3.1x guide for DOSBox
60 seconds guide to DOSBox
DOSBox SVN snapshot for macOS (10.4-11.x ppc/intel 32/64bit) notarized for gatekeeper

Reply 2 of 8, by eL_PuSHeR

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[Thread moved to DOSBox General Section]

I advise you reading the readme file first.

Reply 3 of 8, by frosty65

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I'm having another problem with DOSbox. I have played with the conf file and have some improvement but in my very old game (published in 1993), I have a strange problem with the mouse. The mouse works on the assorted startup screens for choosing options, games, etc. But once I load the actual game graphic, the mouse does not activate any of the selection buttons. The game is designed to be played with a mouse. I have tried both capturing and releasing the mouse, neither has an impact. Any suggestions? I originally played this game on Windows 3.1

Reply 5 of 8, by frosty65

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The name of the game is "WW2 - Battles of the South Pacific"

Reply 6 of 8, by eL_PuSHeR

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[Thread moved to DOSBox Games/Apps. Section]

I also rewrote title to make it more descriptive.

Reply 8 of 8, by ripsaw8080

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It's a QQP game, so you may be running into the EGA page flipping issue with the DOSBox internal mouse driver. If it seems like the mouse pointer alternately appears and disappears as the screen changes, see this thread for some possible solutions: Mouse pointer issues in QQP games