Greetings Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 I've been trying to do this for a while now and haven't succeeded. There is apparently a program called dosbox which makes it all possible but I can't set it up properly. The problem is due to these games running under DOS. Currently running XP. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trials_pimp Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 I can Run Comand and Conquer, and Red Alert fine on my XP based computer.Never had any trouble with it either.I dont run them on DOS (wouldnt know how), just stick the disc in and play Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted July 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 strange, I thought C&C was DOS only Red Alert is DOS/W95 based but I still can't get it going Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 (edited) Have fun. You can do it by altering autoexec.nt. I've got Frontier Elite running. Now THAT is old.http://www.dosgames.com/xphints.phpEDIT: look on google and type in:autoexec.nt dos games Edited July 17, 2006 by Monkey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 Make a shortcut to the game in Windows. Right click on the shortcut file and there's a tab for compatibility options. Set it to Windows 95 compatibility (or 3.1 if it's there, I can't remember) and go. I think that should do the trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted July 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 Make a shortcut to the game in Windows. Right click on the shortcut file and there's a tab for compatibility options. Set it to Windows 95 compatibility (or 3.1 if it's there, I can't remember) and go. I think that should do the trick.O pravda? Nah, unfortunately it doesnt work in this case. Thanks for the advice Monkey, going to play with that Looks like it might work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManxTrialSpaz Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 Don't do it, you'll ruin your memories of it!! It's actually quite boring.I've got the main .exe set for compatability mode for Win95 and every box is checked. If that don't work then it 's probably a patch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted July 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 Finally got C&C to work and that's exactly what came into my head - how very boring Ah well, at least it reminds me of childhood when I didn't have to think for myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshywa Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 never had a problem running any of the comand and conquer series (i have all of them inc upgrades ) on zp by the way COMAND AND CONQUER FOR THE WIN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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