wesaynothin Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 Well, today I got myself Battle spire *yay!*, but to run it I have to type SPIRE into the MS-DOS program. Thats all well and good, except I cant find my MS-DOS program on XP <_< . Do any of you know where it might be found? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emry Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 E Gads! Running something through MS-Dos? Going bthe stone ages are we? :o To answer your question, open the start menu, go to accessories, and the icon for Command Prompt should be in that list. Hope this works B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesaynothin Posted January 31, 2004 Author Share Posted January 31, 2004 Well, I now know where the MS-DOS prompt is, and I learned that I cant understand what it says when I type ping into it, but this fould creation of 1997 still eludes me. Does anyone here have Battlepire? If so, do you know how to get it to run on XP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohGr Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 windows xp does not have DOS, try finding a dos emulator or resort to windows 2000, believe me, i tried running Command and conquer and Crusader No Remorse on this gay creation of a OS and there IS NO DOS MODE on it, command prompt is another story, take a mental note, using command prompt will not help you, nor will it do much....except for netsend, perfect for school networks...MUHAHAHAHA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saldrex Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 MS-DOS should be in the system of windows folders. (in with the system files) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveme4whoiam Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 I looked in my system files folder "C:\WINDOWS" on mine (Windows XP Home; which type are you using) and the only file i found was a file called "_default", which didn't work. Not saying that you are wrong, saldrex, but just that it didn't work with me. Have you tried asking Microsuxx? I doubt you'll get a response from them within this decade, but you never know. Also, their website might say something. using command prompt will not help you, nor will it do much....except for netsend, perfect for school networks...MUHAHAHAHA Yep, this has comfirmed that you are indeed a school student, not a 50 yr old bald man from Slough. Only a school kid (myself one) would know the joys of that little tool :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohGr Posted February 1, 2004 Share Posted February 1, 2004 yep, and when i go back to school with my new laptop (i go back tomorrow; S**T!!!!!; but on tuesday or wednesday ill have it) im going to install all these IP blocking programs, so no one can do it to me, then, ill netsend away, especially to the administrator computer in the library, MUHAHAHAHAHAH! for the last time, WINDOWS XP DOES NOT HAVE DOS, it was built under the windows NT code and NT didnt have it, why it doesnt have it, no one uses it anymore, you dont need to boot from a disk drive anymore, just throw the XP cd in, and itll come up with various options for you. someone...please....lock this <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kethruch Posted February 1, 2004 Share Posted February 1, 2004 wesaynothin - try this - it works for me on some older games. Go into the directory that the game is in. Find the file with the .exe program for your game, then doubleclick it. It may or may not run. On my new machine, these things run fine (I just tried it with Sid Meiers Colonization and Railroad Tycoon Deluxe), on the other, they are buggy some times. Let me know what happens. I believe that there's the ability in some of the stuff to emulate dos modes, and if you have the memory, it will let you play the games in the emulator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesaynothin Posted February 1, 2004 Author Share Posted February 1, 2004 When I double-click the .exe it loads what looks like a dos prompt, then it closes itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muennin Posted February 1, 2004 Share Posted February 1, 2004 When you restart XP (same system I'm running) tap the F8 key during the F2 set-up prompt (black screen). There should be an option listed to start in MS DOS mode which you can access through the up/down arrow keys. I really hope this helps. :huh: If not, perhaps this might do the trick http://www.gamersroam.com/modules.php?name...iewtopic&t=1293 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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