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« on: May 05, 2020, 04:27:56 AM »
I've been looking to play some old computer games recently, however, I am having an issue with remembering some of the old DOS commands and I've been unable to find a solution to the problem I am finding with trying to run certain files. I can get to the directory I need and then when I go to get the game to run, I am having issues with getting it t run long file names.

Anyway, if anyone knows anything about DOS I'll put up some more details.
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« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2020, 06:21:51 PM »
ask brad, he's good with DOS stuff.
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« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2020, 07:31:06 AM »
You probably need  VFAT LFN driver if it's a really old program that something prior to Win 95 you might with to setup a DOS box or a Win 3.1 box.
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« Reply #3 on: May 07, 2020, 09:08:33 AM »
For old games, you can probably try DOSBox.
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« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2020, 10:31:48 AM »
I am using DOSBox. The problem I am having is in running games with long filenames.
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« Reply #5 on: May 07, 2020, 10:58:10 AM »
Quote from: Alex on May 07, 2020, 10:31:48 AM
I am using DOSBox. The problem I am having is in running games with long filenames.

https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/296279/running-ms-dos-games-with-long-file-names-under-dosbox
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« Reply #6 on: May 07, 2020, 11:14:29 PM »
What I remember doing was place quotation marks around long directory names instead of typing progra~1 or something like that. It might work with running programs.

I found some patches for DOSBox that allows for long file names, but I haven't tried them:

http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/dosbox-vdos-lfn.html
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« Reply #7 on: May 08, 2020, 01:43:07 AM »
Thank you folks. I'll give it a try.
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« Reply #8 on: May 09, 2020, 02:45:52 PM »
Also, the command "dir /x" will give you the short path name for directories.  That might be what is getting you.
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