Solve : Running MS Dos full screen?

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Answer» This is probably a simple question for some of you EXPERTS out there. I just got a new ACER laptop with Vista home premium. Anyways I'm a fan of older MS DOS games like Dukem Nukem and others. The MS Dos program though will not run in full SCREEN and so the games won't play. Anybody know any work arounds for this? ThanksQuote The MS Dos program though will not run in full screen and so the games won't play. By "MS Dos program" are you referring to your game? or to the command prompt itself? If you open a command prompt by itself - no game running - just the C:\> prompt , then hold down Alt and hit Enter , what happens? Does the 'dos window' become full screen? (If it does, and you want to get it back to a window, just repeat the Alt-Enter ) When I run the exe file for game I get an error, "This system does not support FULLSCREEN mode. Choose "Close" to terminate the application." Then you can close or ignore the error. If I ignore the error it just asks the same question over and over. I've also tried to adjust the settings in the properties file but it has no effect. I'm THINK that the new MS DOS just won't open full screen like the old one would.Quote ... I'm think that the new MS DOS just won't open full screen like the old one would. So did you try just OPENING a command prompt window? What happened when you tried Alt-Enter? Quote When I run the exe file for game I get an error Were you executing the .exe through command.com or Windows explorer? If you want to try something different you might give [highlight]DOSBox[/highlight] a try, but I don't know if it will work on Vista. Download: http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/news.php?show_news=1Thanks guys! Doxbox works perfect.

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This is probably a simple question for some of you EXPERTS out there.

I just got a new ACER laptop with Vista home premium. Anyways I'm a fan of older MS DOS games like Dukem Nukem and others. The MS Dos program though will not run in full SCREEN and so the games won't play.

Anybody know any work arounds for this?

ThanksQuote

The MS Dos program though will not run in full screen and so the games won't play.

By "MS Dos program" are you referring to your game? or to the command prompt itself?

If you open a command prompt by itself - no game running - just the C:\> prompt , then hold down Alt and hit Enter , what happens?
Does the 'dos window' become full screen?

(If it does, and you want to get it back to a window, just repeat the Alt-Enter )

When I run the exe file for game I get an error, "This system does not support FULLSCREEN mode. Choose "Close" to terminate the application." Then you can close or ignore the error. If I ignore the error it just asks the same question over and over.

I've also tried to adjust the settings in the properties file but it has no effect. I'm THINK that the new MS DOS just won't open full screen like the old one would.Quote

... I'm think that the new MS DOS just won't open full screen like the old one would.

So did you try just OPENING a command prompt window? What happened when you tried Alt-Enter?

Quote

When I run the exe file for game I get an error

Were you executing the .exe through command.com or Windows explorer?

If you want to try something different you might give [highlight]DOSBox[/highlight] a try, but I don't know if it will work on Vista.

Download: http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/news.php?show_news=1Thanks guys! Doxbox works perfect.

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