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Windows 10 Missing Z:\ Prompt

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First post, by rca06d

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Hey guys, I just installed DOSBox 0.74 for windows on my windows 10 machine. When I click DOSBox.exe, two screens open, one has some text in it that says something along the lines of 'MIDI:Opened device:win32', the other is larger and completely devoid of text. Neither screen contains anything looking like a prompt or 'Z:\>', and neither screen responds to keyboard input in any way. I've tried running the console in legacy mode, installing to different locations, and installing an older version of DOSBox, nothing works so far. Any help with this?

Reply 1 of 4, by Azarien

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Try different output= settings in dosbox.conf

Reply 2 of 4, by rca06d

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Ah I changed line 28 output=surface to output=overlay and it worked! I now get a colorful message and a Z:\> prompt! I didn't realize the config itself would have the possible values listed right there, how helpful. Thanks!

Reply 3 of 4, by kjliew

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rca06d wrote:

Ah I changed line 28 output=surface to output=overlay and it worked!

Surprising that output=surface would actually failed. This should be the fail-safe option without any of the bells and whistles.
For modern Windows system, better output options are "openglnb" and "ddraw".

Reply 4 of 4, by rca06d

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Thanks for the suggestions. ddraw setting does the same thing as surface, nothing at all is rendered. openglnb seems to work though, seems about the same as overlay.

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