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<p>86.164.170.163: /* Windows */</p> <hr /> <div>Desktop shortcuts allow you to give old DOS Games the point and click simplicity of regular Windows programs. Because DOSBox is an emulated environment that runs inside a host Operating System, simply double clicking on the DOS application inside the file manager will most likely attempt to execute the DOS application in the native environment.<br /> <br /> == Windows ==<br /> <br /> It is possible to create a shortcut that allows you to run a program with DOSBox without doing any typing at the command prompt! All you have to do is make a new, blank, text file. Rename it to the name of the program you want to run, and change the file extension to a new, unused file extension. For example, if I want to run a program called &quot;BestGame.exe,&quot; I would create a blank file and call it &quot;BestGame.xyz,&quot; where *.xyz is not a registered file type on the computer. Place the blank *.xyz file in the same directory as BestGame.exe. Then, set *.xyz files to always open with DOSBox. Make a new, blank *.xyz file for every program you want to open with DOSBox. You could even make shortcuts to a single directory so you don't have to browse for different games!<br /> yes very good<br /> <br /> == OSX ==<br /> <br /> == GNOME ==</div>

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