DOSBox v0.72 - Troubleshooting

DOSBox crashes right after starting it:
- use different values for the output= entry in your DOSBox
configuration file
- try to update your graphics card driver and DirectX
Running a certain game closes DOSBox, crashes with some message or hangs:
- see if it works with a default DOSBox installation
(unmodified configuration file)
- try it with sound disabled (use the sound configuration
program that comes with the game, additionally you can
set sbtype=none and gus=false in the DOSBox configuration file)
- change some entries of the DOSBox configuration file, especially try:
core=normal
fixed cycles (for example cycles=10000)
ems=false
xms=false
or combinations of the above settings
- use loadfix before starting the game
The game exits to the DOSBox prompt with some error message:
- read the error message closely and try to locate the error
- try the hints at the above sections
- mount differently as some games are picky about the locations,
for example if you used "mount d d:\oldgames\game" try
"mount c d:\oldgames\game" and "mount c d:\oldgames"
- if the game requires a CD-ROM be sure you used "-t cdrom" when
mounting and try different additional parameters (the ioctl,
usecd and label switches, see the appropriate section)
- check the file permissions of the game files (remove read-only
attributes, add write permissions etc.)
- try reinstalling the game within DOSBox