installing mouse drivers (for old dos games) in win98se?

[Cosmic_Horror]

hi all

a friends dad wants to play some old dos games on there new system but some of these games won't run in a dos box, but rather require a reboot into a pure dos enviroment to run.
Once in dos they run (with sound even) but the moust won't work!

i downloaded the dos drivers for the MS mouse and when i run the mouse.exe file the mouse will work in dos.

which file do i need to edit (and also what do i add) to get this file to run everytime the computer is booted? config.sys , or the autoexec.bat or autoexec.dos?

anyhelp ios greatly appricated. thanks.

 

[BCYL]

You need to edit autoexec.bat...

simply put the command line to load the mouse driver in autoexec.bat...

ex:
c:\mouse\mouse.exe

this way that line will get executed everytime the PC boots

 

[Cosmic_Horror]

thank you

just for clarification do i add the

'ex:'

line above the c:/mouse/mouse.exe? just like you have written?

 

[Bill Kunert]

I think ex: stands for example and should not be added.
Bill

 

[emjem]

DOS games run directly in windows with sound, mouse and all -- without any special provisions in autoexec.bat or config.sys.

Check the properties of the exe file and make sure that the box "Prevent Dos based programs from detecting windows" is NOT checked.

Otherwise, run the "install" of "setup" exe files for each game and Windows should set them up to play properly.