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Where will I find the Options file?

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First post, by TDV

Posted on 2013-04-17, 08:24

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This is embarrassing as I asked this before, but after changing to a new computer (still Win 7) I cannot fidn the options file. I want to play Ms Pacman on Dos Box and is works of course perfectly as always. But to permanently switch off the sound I have to changs false to true in the options...

Only I now can no longer see "Options"....

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Reply 1 of 9, by Gamecollector

Posted on 2013-04-17, 09:54

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Conf path is written in the dosbox console window.

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Reply 2 of 9, by TDV

Posted on 2013-04-18, 04:40

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when I do that I get: illegal command: conf as a reaction.....

Reply 3 of 9, by eL_PuSHeR

Posted on 2013-04-18, 07:14

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You have a shortcut for editting configuration options. Options > DOSBox 0.74 options.

Reply 4 of 9, by Dominus

Posted on 2013-04-18, 07:14

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When you do what?
Reinstall dosbox. There will be a startmenu entry for editing the correct config file

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Reply 5 of 9, by Gamecollector

Posted on 2013-04-18, 07:49

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TDV wrote:
when I do that I get: illegal command: conf as a reaction.....

Wrong method.
Run DosBox. It have 2 windows - main and console. In the console windows one of the strings is the path to the .conf file.

Reply 6 of 9, by TDV

Posted on 2013-04-18, 23:30

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Thank you.
The re-install idea worked. Because on the control panel it is NOT possible to access options.... I hate wrong advice.

To re-install it, I had to go to the imnstaled program there and THERE was the options file I was looking for. Tokk one second to change "nosound" from false to true.

Once again, Thank You everybody, Dos Box is great.
Without it all those old games would not work.

Have a nice weekend everybody.

Reply 7 of 9, by Dominus

Posted on 2013-04-19, 04:15

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NO ONE wrote anything about control panel.

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Reply 8 of 9, by TDV

Posted on 2013-04-20, 02:09

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I meant "console window", and that is written clearly up there, is it not?

Reply 9 of 9, by Dominus

Posted on 2013-04-20, 02:51

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Yes, but this time, NO ONE WROTE YOU CAN ACCESS OPTIONS IN THE CONSOLE WINDOW. I hate it when people's complain is invalid

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