Can't run a DOS program in Vista

[Uncle Nobby]

Hi

Trying to run a DOS program from a BAT file in Vista but I get the folowing
message

"This sytem doesn't support fullscreen mode. Chose close to terminate the
application"

Is there a way to fix this so I can run the program?


Thanx

 

[Justin]

Hi

Trying to run a DOS program from a BAT file in Vista but I get the
folowing message

"This sytem doesn't support fullscreen mode. Chose close to terminate the
application"

Is there a way to fix this so I can run the program?


Thanx

You must have a setting in the BAT file that is trying to run the app in
full screen. You wont be able to do that. Go into the properties on that
file and trying turning off full screen.

If that doesn't do it then you could always edit the BAT file and cut and
the paste it's contents into a new BAT file. Or try running the DOS app
manually and see what happens.

 

[Uncle Nobby]

You must have a setting in the BAT file that is trying to run the app in
full screen. You wont be able to do that. Go into the properties on that
file and trying turning off full screen.

If that doesn't do it then you could always edit the BAT file and cut and
the paste it's contents into a new BAT file. Or try running the DOS app
manually and see what happens.

Is there some commands to make it not run in fullscreen?

 

[Dave R.]

You must have a setting in the BAT file that is trying to run the app
in full screen. You wont be able to do that. Go into the properties
on that file and trying turning off full screen.

If that doesn't do it then you could always edit the BAT file and cut
and the paste it's contents into a new BAT file. Or try running the
DOS app manually and see what happens.

Could also be the DOS program is trying to run in graphics mode, which
would force full-screen in Windows. Unfortunately, Vista doesn't
include full-screen DOS mode support in the video drivers. There was
another post recently where someone mentioned a way to get this to work,
using XP drivers if I recall. I think the same post mentioned that this
has a side effect of disabling Aero support.

Regards,

Dave

 

[Jawade]

Hi

Trying to run a DOS program from a BAT file in Vista but I get the folowing
message

"This sytem doesn't support fullscreen mode. Chose close to terminate the
application"

Is there a way to fix this so I can run the program?

Maybe it will work under the app DOSBox.

 

[Antonio Amengual]

Best option is to install DOSBOX emulator(free)
there you can execute old dos(clipper) programs)


Saludos

Antonio

 

[Justin]

Could also be the DOS program is trying to run in graphics mode, which
would force full-screen in Windows. Unfortunately, Vista doesn't include
full-screen DOS mode support in the video drivers. There was another post
recently where someone mentioned a way to get this to work, using XP
drivers if I recall. I think the same post mentioned that this has a side
effect of disabling Aero support.

In that case I would use DosBox or Bochs. I wouldn't attempt an XP driver
install.

 

[Dave R.]

In that case I would use DosBox or Bochs. I wouldn't attempt an XP
driver install.

Agreed. VMware player (free, and lots of virtual machine files freely
available on the internet) might be another option, but I haven't
checked to see if there is a Vista compatible version yet. I've got a
nice DOS VMware session that I use under XP for development / debugging,
etc.

Regards,

Dave

 

[Plato]

Dont use Vista to run old DOS apps. Use a PC that can handle DOS.

 

[Justin]

Dont use Vista to run old DOS apps. Use a PC that can handle DOS.

Do you mind explaining your comment further? What other apps should I not
run on my machines?

 

[Andreas]

Try righ-click on your program and select compatibility mode options. Your
app COULD run then.

 

[ronald.phillips]

Try righ-click on your program and select compatibility mode options. Your
app COULD run then.

Justin wrote:

Dont use Vista to run old DOS apps. Use a PC that can handle DOS.

Yes, Also spin around 3 times and then sit on your head and then your
app COULD also run then.

Just use DosBox. If that doesn't work then use VPC/Vmware/virtualbox/
Qemu. They are all free to use and if OpenSource software is a concern
then Qemu is fully opensource and VirtualBox has a OpenSource version
you can use.

 

[cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user)]

Just use DosBox. If that doesn't work then use VPC/Vmware/virtualbox/
Qemu. They are all free to use and if OpenSource software is a concern
then Qemu is fully opensource and VirtualBox has a OpenSource version
you can use.

That's the route I'd go, too - it makes more sense to emulate an OS
that can't handle modern capacities and speeds (and doesn't need
modern capacities and speeds) than to host it natively.

So, what's the best free DOS emulator for Vista?

Search( DosBox )

http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/news.php?show_news=1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOSBox

Search( Qemu )

http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QEMU

Search( VirtualBox )

http://www.virtualbox.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VirtualBox

Are there more?

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[Gordon]

6. run any program you want , dos or windows ,

Err Vista, like XP before it, doesn't HAVE DOS......

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Err Vista, like XP before it, doesn't HAVE DOS......

Yes, but although that's true, many DOS programs run just fine under
both XP and Vista. They just run within a CMD window.

 

[Mick Murphy]

Use "dosbox"