Why LemEdit won't work under XP

Started by Mindless, April 21, 2005, 11:51:56 PM

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Isu

Quote from: guest  link=1114127516/15#21 date=1120741753
Odd.  Can you give a listing of what's in the directory?

Do you get the same problem with the original LemEdit?
It's okay. I just read the DosBox Readme, it said I could drag the file I want to open onto the DosBox exe. That I did, and it worked (Lemedit2 that is).

Everything is fine. :thumbsup:

Mindless

adding a "Send To" link is a good alternative to drag-n-drop

Conway

Or even better, does anyone know how to add functions to the context menu of DOS programs, such as opening it in Dosbox? It should be in the system registery, but where?

guest

Quote from: Conway  link=1114127516/45#47 date=1121280830Or even better, does anyone know how to add functions to the context menu of DOS programs, such as opening it in Dosbox? It should be in the system registery, but where?
I don't think it's quite that simple.  Then again, I never tried.

Is there a way to tell DosBox to execute certain commands upon launching?  After all you need it to mount c: first before you can run anything of interest.

If that's possible then it's just a matter of making a shortcut for DOSBox.

Mindless

using a "Send To" link automatically mounts the directory of the application as c:
the only thing that this doesn't do well is Custom Lemmings which requires a cdrom to be mounted

Conway

I've created a registry hack to add DOSBox to the context menu of applications. >Download!<

  It works in XP, not sure about the other systems, but it's really only XP users who need DOSBox. If you have a different version of DOSBox, or it is installed somewhere other than C:\Program Files, you can change the path by editing the .reg file in notepad.

  Let me know if for some reason it doesn't work or you don't want it but don't know how to remove it.

guest

Quote from: Mindless  link=1114127516/45#49 date=1121300311using a "Send To" link automatically mounts the directory of the application as c:
the only thing that this doesn't do well is Custom Lemmings which requires a cdrom to be mounted
Can't that be taken care of with a batch file?  (I haven't tested this though.)

Mindless