Hmm seems like it doesn't read " properly. Maybe it's because the mount command accepts the " sign as part of a path with spaces? For example

mount c: "c:\Program Files\Dosbox"

It might make the mount command 'eat' the second " meaning that the first -c switch never closes.

try '

Yes, I tried ', still the same result. DOSBox seems to convert them to "s inside of the emulator, giving me the same outcome as in the pictures. I can't use the game's actual path as an argument, as running it from a drive mounted as C:\DAGGER will cause it to look for "C:\DAGGER" inside the mounted drive (which is already that path IRL; it'd be looking for the local directory "C:\DAGGER\DAGGER") as its directory for files, which causes it to freeze.

Move the game into a subdirectory like c:\oldgames so you have
c:\oldgames\dagger as structure.
Then use dosbox -c "mount c c:\oldgames" -c "c:" and whatnot.

Works fine for me:

> C:\Programs\DOSBox-0.72\dosbox.exe -c "mount C 'C:\Documents and Settings\MiniMax\My Documents\DOSBox\OldGames\Death Rally (Shareware)'"

I don't know how many more spaces I could throw in there...

jfi: his specific problem is the mount c c: which does not work
(i won't state here how it does work as it is not recommended anyways).

Why is it "not recommended" enough to make you not even tell me? I can mount c c:\ fine from within DOSBox. I'll try moving the game to a different folder.

I can mount c c:\ fine from within DOSBox.

But you SHOULD NOT.

What does it do (in a bad way)?

if a program/virus goes wild it has access to whatever you mounted as C drive.
so if you mount your total C drive as emulated C . then the virus has access to your Real C drive instead of a subdirectory

They still make DOS viruses? Or are they still floating around in old programs...?

Or are they still floating around in old programs...?

I don't know, and i don't care. You have been warned so do what you want.

'K. I've been mounting C:\ the whole time. But I'm gonna move it.