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Automatically mounting a DOS games folder in DOSBox

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First post, by Mike the Wino

Posted on 2015-11-07, 21:09

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Hi,

I worked with DOS years ago on a WIN95 machine, but using dosbox now is really turning my brain to mush. I know it'll come back if I keep at it, but for now....help?

I read the dosbox.com wiki page http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/Basic_Setup_and_In … ation_of_DosBox on this subject, but I still have a question on how to do it. I'm running Vista 64 and recently installed DOSBox v0.74. The instructions say: For version 0.73 go to Start Menu and click on "Configuration" and then "Edit Configuration". Then scroll down to the very end, and add these lines:

MOUNT C C:\OLDGAMES (assuming this is where I have my "oldgames" folder)
C:

I'm not seeing "Configuration" etc., on my Start Menu anywhere. It is talking about the Windows Start Menu, correct? Here is a screen capture of my question:

The attachment DOSBox config.jpg is no longer available

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Reply 1 of 3, by skitters

Posted on 2015-11-07, 21:16

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Don't bother with the configuration in the Start Menu. It has been known to make a mess.

The dosbox-0.74.conf file is found in
C:\Users\<your-username>\AppData\Local\DOSBox\

Edit the dosbox-0.74.conf file with notepad.
Add your Mount lines to the end of the dosbox-0.74.conf file.

In future, you should ask questions about DOSBox in the DOSBox subforum, not the DOS subforum.

Reply 2 of 3, by Dominus

Posted on 2015-11-07, 22:40

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Yes, please do use the Dosbox forums in the future, I'm moving this topic now.

As for the start menu, you need to open the Dosbox folder in the start menu, I *think* starting with Vista, Windows doesn't show all items in the start menu right at once but you need to click "show me all" or something like that.

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Reply 3 of 3, by Mike the Wino

Posted on 2015-11-08, 00:03

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Thanks for the info, skitters and Dominus. Sorry about posting this to the wrong forum. I thought I had gone to the DOSBox sub-forum, but obviously not! Cheers!

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