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How to run a ms dos based program on win xp

PostPosted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 12:08 am
by Game A Gogo
dos anyone knows somewway to do that cuz ive got a reylly good game and want it to play it on my computer, but it can only run on ms dos which WINDOWS XP dosn't have ms dos!

So dos anyone knows the solution? Any emulator thing dll's?

Note: the game im trying to play is Toxic Bunny 1

PostPosted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 4:45 am
by Fuzzy
I use VDMS

here is a page discussing it, but the link to the software is dead..

http://www.longhighway.com/sandbox/xp.html

Wikipedia says...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_DOS_machine

some hints on getting games to run...

http://www.dosgames.com/xphints.php

and the program itself...

http://sourceforge.net/projects/vdmsound/


Best of luck Gogo!

PostPosted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 9:53 pm
by Game A Gogo
THX a lot mate, because toxic bunny is one pof my most favorite game! you should search some stuff for it! its a pretty good game!
it contains like 6 level(VERY large ones tho and fun!)

PostPosted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 9:59 pm
by Game A Gogo
ok, i just tred the program, and it dosnt work, it dos the same as im opening it normally in windows!

PostPosted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 10:26 pm
by Joshua Worth
try right-clicking on the exe file and click properties. Then click on the third tab at the top, and select a lower version of windows.

Note: I am just saying this from memory

PostPosted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 11:43 pm
by Game A Gogo
ive tried it a tons of times :P

PostPosted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 7:46 am
by andyS
try;

http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/news.php?show_news=1

works well for me, you will need to use the mount command to get to your c: drive - do mount /? for more info!

what i would do

PostPosted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 4:31 pm
by totalnoob
i would get real mad slap my computer really hard and then yell and then just forget it.

PostPosted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 9:57 pm
by Game A Gogo
ok, it work anyway for some reason :?

well now the problems is not whitmy game or anything, its because there is too much memory usage lol, that hapened a lot of time whit my windows 98se comp, so ill take it from here, thx ThreeFingerPete :wink: