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.
ask brad, he's good with DOS stuff.
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.
For old games, you can probably try DOSBox.
I am using DOSBox. The problem I am having is in running games with long filenames.
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 (https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/296279/running-ms-dos-games-with-long-file-names-under-dosbox)
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 (http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/dosbox-vdos-lfn.html)
Thank you folks. I'll give it a try.
Also, the command "dir /x" will give you the short path name for directories. That might be what is getting you.