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Help, mounting with special/non-standard letters

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First post, by TotallyAccurateName

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So, I know how to mount my drivers, but whenever I mount a folder that has a special/non-standard letter in it, it says that is doesn't exist. Ex; i can do "mount c c:\box", but can't do "mount c c:\låda".
This happens even if I use "KEYB sv".
This normally isn't a problem since having special letters in names of folder normal is a bad idea, but since I'm trying to get DosBox to work on a computer that has a network folder with the Swedish letter "ö" in the names of the folder. Note, I do not have permission to change the name fo the folder since its own by the network. I tried to look after a solution or someone with a similar problem, but I found posting here was going to be my best bet. Thank you.

Sidenote; I do believe I succeeded in mounting this driver one but only ones, but I may have been a fluke.

- Windows 10
- DosBox 0.74-2

Reply 1 of 3, by realnc

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Try mounting it in the configuration file:

[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
# You can put your MOUNT lines here.
mount c c:\låda

Reply 2 of 3, by Dominus

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Or if that fails, make a symbolic link to the folder, name that link something more sensible and try if monting that works...

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Reply 3 of 3, by TotallyAccurateName

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I fixed the problem, I found that using example ".\Games" with "." instead of writing the entire location was super effective. (https://www.dosbox.com/wiki/Commands). Thanks.

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