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    I need help trying to run some MS-DOS games in Win 7?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Rodster, Jan 27, 2010.

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    Rodster Merica

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    Hey guys I need to run some old, old games i.e. MS-DOS games in Windows 7. I'm using DOSBox 0.73 and I can't remember how I got my games to run before. :eek:

    Anyone up on old DOS commands? I think I need to have at least a DOS config.sys file in order to make it work. Dang I can't remember how I did it the last time.

    So far I can mount the CD drive and directory I created for the game in DOSBox. I even tried running the install executable in admin mode. What I get is the game creates another directory, the screen quickly flashes and i'm back at the DOS prompt.

    Any ideas?
     
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    nvm I figured it out, LOL. :p

    I needed to mount the CDROM drive first. mount d D:\ -t cdrom
     
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