Shortcuts that You Run in DOSBox
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- This will allow you to use a shortcut to your program using a batch file that you run in DOSBox it's self.
- This way you can keep you mount settings
You may also want to read DOSBox Shortcuts
Making the Shortcuts
- Create in the root directory of the folder you use primarily for DOSBox a text file and rename it [program].bat
- Open it in notepad and type
- @echo off
- cd [program dir]
- [program]
- cd \
- REM once the program is closed this will take you back to the root directory
- To run it (provided your autoexec has something like "mount C C:\folder", C:\ and [program].bat is in C:\folder) just type [program].
- So for theme hospital that would be 'hospital.bat' and
- @echo off
- cd hospital
- hospital
- cd \
- and to run it all you need to do is type 'hospital'.
- If autoexec is empty then you will need to add the lines
- mount C C:\folder
- and
- C:\
A Small Shortcut Maker
- You can write a program to do this quickly
- Unfortunately this version can't be run from dosbox due to the set /P command not being supported by DOS 6 and some other syntax changes if you follow the link at the bottom of the page you can download a dos version that uses Horst's INPUT.COM
- Create a batch file in the directory you want the shortcuts to be in lets call it short.bat and copy this to it
- The important parts of the code are in bold
- @echo off
- : start
- set /P file="Enter the name of the program: "
- choice /m "Does the program folder have the same name as the program file (only if folder is in shortcut directory): "
- REM i.e. shortcut is C:short (in DOSBox) and file is C:\folder\file
- REM say no if folder is C:\prog\folder\file and if shortcut is in C:\shortf\short use the full path
- if errorlevel 1 set folder=%program%
- if errorlevel 2 set /P folder="Enter the name of the program folder: "
- choice /m "Do you want the shortcut to have the same name as the program file"
- if errorlevel 1 set shortcut=%program%
- if errorlevel 2 set /P shortcut="Enter the name of the shortcut: "
- choice /m "Do you want the shortcut to have the same name as the file"
- if errorlevel 1 set shortcut=%file%
- if errorlevel 2 set /P shortcut="Enter the name you want for the shortcut: "
- choice /m "Is the file on the same drive as the shortcut"
- if errorlevel 1 set drive=null
- if errorlevel 2 set /P drive="Enter the correct drive letter: "
- write
- if exist .\%shortcut%.bat goto error1
- : override
- echo @echo off >> %shortcut%.bat
- if not %drive%==null echo %drive%:\ >> %shortcut%.bat
- echo cd %folder% >> %shortcut%.bat
- echo %program% >> %shortcut%.bat
- echo cd \ >> %shortcut%.bat
- if not exist .\%shortcut%.bat goto error2
- if not %drive%==null echo A shortcut to the file %file% in the folder %folder% on drive %drive%:\ with the name %shortcut% has been created
- if %drive%==null echo A shortcut to the file %file% in the folder %folder% with the name %shortcut% has been created
- echo "To run %file% just type %shortcut%"
- goto again
- REM error messages and codes
- : error1
- echo error (1): there is already a file with the name %shortcut% in this folder
- choice /m "overwrite file"
- if not errorlevel 2 goto override
- choice /m "chose another name for your shortcut"
- if errorlevel 1 set /P shortcut="Enter the name you want for the shortcut: "
- if errorlevel 1 goto : write
- goto end
- : error2
- echo error (2): file creation failed
- goto end
- : again
- choice /m "do you want to create another shortcut"
- if errorlevel 2 goto end
- goto start
- : end
- pause
- This has been tested and run in windows 7 other versions may need some small syntax changes
- I have created two copies of the file one runs in dos and the other is the above code (windows) both of which can be found here
- To allow this to run in DOSBox you will need to download INPUT.com from Horstmuc.de (under Pbats) and place it in the same folder as short.bat