![]() When you do, create a folder in the “OldGames” directory and name it whatever the short title of the game is. When that’s done, you’ll need to find the contents of the game in question. You can name this folder anything you like, but give it a name that will allow you to remember what it’s for. Since we’ll need to access it directly from Dosbox, it’s actually best practice to create that folder on the root hard drive (meaning, you go onto the hard drive you want to do this on – typically “C” drive). You’re going to want a folder on your hard drive that will store all the 16 big applications. They offer a visualization of what we are doing that might make things easier, but for the purposes of this tutorial, we aren’t going to be using any frontends to keep things simple. Next, doubleclick on the downloaded application to install it. Simply go to the Dosbox website and download the latest version of Dosbox. This guide will show you the basics on how to run those old 16-bit DOS programs again. Does that mean you are out of luck when it comes to making a 16-bit program run on Windows 7 or Windows 8? Not by a long shot. Even 32 bit compatible programs are at the beginning of the phasing out process of the more up to date 64-bit programs. In fact, if you see those notes about Windows x86 programs, what you are seeing is notices that certain programs only run as a 32-bit program or 64-bit program. Since then, Windows has stopped supporting 16 bit programs right out of the box by the time Windows Vista came around. ![]() 16-bit programs were hugely popular back in the days of DOS, Windows 3.1, and Windows 95. The reason you get this error message is because the game or application you are trying to run is a 16-bit program. You double click on the executable file and wind up getting an error message like this: So, because you wanted to give those games a try again, you decide to put these games on your new operating system. So you’ve been digging around in your old CD collection one day and you have managed to locate a CD filled with really old games. It is being republished here for the purpose of updating the guide with any new information I can obtain so that some of the more difficult to play games can be run. ![]() Important Notice: This guide was originally published by me on ZeroPaid. ![]() This guide shows you how to run those old Dos 16 bit games/application again through a program called DosBox. If you ever wanted to play a video game or run an application on, say, Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit), you may run into problems trying to run the application. ![]()
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