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First post, by Guest

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Hello,

I am having a problem with DOSBox because my CTRL keys are useless in the porgram. this means I can't take screenshots and speed up or slow down the program. How is it possible for me to fix this?

Thanks.

Reply 1 of 6, by Kippesoep

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Do you have a keyboard layout other than U.S.? If you, you may need to remap some keys, although I never heard of the Ctrl key being messed up. Check for a file called mapper.txt in the DOSBox directory. If it's there, remove it to restore the standard key mapping.

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Reply 2 of 6, by Guest

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I am using a US keyboard, but I am not sure how to remap keys. It's also the F1 - F12 keys that do not work in DOSBox, so I can't get to the keymapper in DOSBox.

Reply 3 of 6, by DosFreak

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Do you have a "F Lock" key on your keyboard? On mine (it's not in front of me right now), IIRC it's above the ESC key. By default I am unable to use the F1-F12 keys as the original functions. I have to press this F lock key to use those F1-F12 keys as F1-F12 keys.

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Reply 5 of 6, by Guest

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You are a God, DosFreak! I just bought a new wireless keyboard thats been giving me troubles and this is the first I have heard of a F lock, well I found it on my keyboard and it worked! thanks!

Reply 6 of 6, by Guest

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Okay, I still have a problem, (I have flock off, I know this because I can alt-f4 pages, but DOSBox will not let me use the f1-12 keys). Any ideas?