rabidscouser wrote:that thread created problems aswsell as solving
do all the instructions you gave him go for me too i mean do i have to go through the "cmd.exe" etc. ((when i got to "cmd.exe" and followed it said run was not a exectuble program or batch file not valid application
I WANT TO KILL BILL GATES for his desire to hide file extensions.
I think I know what has happended here.... When you tried to create Run.cmd using Notepad, Notepad decided to automatically add an .txt extension to the file so the real filename became Run.cmd.txt. And in all their wisdom, the Windows designer thought it would be a neat thing to hide known file-extensions by default, so when you look through the files in Windows Explorer, all you see is Run.cmd - without the .txt.
For your own sanity and mental health, turn that option off. Go to My Computer, doubble-click on your C: drive, go to menu Tools.. => Folder Options... In the Folder Options... window, choose the tab called "Show". Look at the "Advanced options", and un-check the option saying "Hide file extensions for known file types".
Next - find that Run.cmd.txt file and rename it to just Run.cmd.
And while your are at it - find dosbox.conf and make sure that Notepad has not decided to add an .txt extension to that too. If so, rename it to just dosbox.conf.
rabidscouser wrote:i have managed to create C:\cm2 which contains the game files and C:\unzipped which also contains the game files and the notepad files with the content you advised.
Good - but wish you would move the CM2 and Unzipped directory somewhere else.
E.g. create the folder "My Documents\ OldGames\ Championship Manager 2" and move dosbox.conf, Run.cmd and Unzipped into the "Championship Manager 2" folder.
Then inside the "Championship Manager 2" folder, create a folder called C-drive, and move your CM2 folder to the "Championship Manager 2\C-drive" folder.
Doing so, will make it clearer to you afterwards which files belong to the world outside DOSBox, and which files belong to the game running inside DOSBox.
rabidscouser wrote:i dont see how i can 'click' or run run.cmd as it is a notepad file and just opens up showing what i have typed inside it!
i am thoroughly confused
Blame Bill Gates! He is playing tricks with what you see and what you don't see..
Your (wrongly) named Run.cmd.txt files opens up in Notepad because Windows decides that .txt files should be opened with Notepad.
When you rename it to just Run.cmd, Windows will see the .cmd extension and will know that it contains instructions it needs to execute.
rabidscouser wrote:do you think i should perserve with my original game installation from the disc or leave it and try the downloaded version, looking at the two lists of files i believe i should use the disk as they seem identicle except the disc has more content that i would want (sounds pics etc.)
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Both! First try with the download-version. Using that you can follow my instructions directly, and we don't have to worry if the problems are due to differences between the CD-version and the download version.
When you start feeling comfortable with how Run.cmd, dosbox.conf and DOSBox works, how virtual drives are mounted, etc, then you and I can repeat the whole excersize with the CD-version.
rabidscouser wrote:should i make my directories in documents and settings or just C: or does it not matter!
Making them directly in C:\ is not a good idea. When you mount C:\ in DOSBox, DOSBox and the programs your run inside DOSBox will suddenly have access to every file on your PC. Moving it all into a sub-directory of your Documents folder, restricts DOSBox and the games to just that folder.
rabidscouser wrote:as the guy said about tony i need a lifebelt 🤣
I am partly to blame here. I could have given you are lifebelt, but I prefer to teach you how to swim. It takes longer, but I believe that the end result will be better for you.
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