DOSBox super detailed download, installation and use tutorial for Windows 11

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foreword

  The main content of this blog is the download, installation and usage tutorial of DOSBox software under Windows 11 system. DOSBox software is very useful when learning assembly language. Readers can follow me step by step and the installation will be successful. My steps must be the most detailed in the whole network , no one is more meticulous than me, even a novice with zero computer foundation can follow me to install successfully!

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Zero, resources required for DOSBox installation

1. Resources required for DOSBox installation

1. DOSBox download

1. You can download the DOSBox installation package from the official website, or you can use the DOSBox installation package in my information, but the download method is different, and the installation method is the same. Here I will briefly introduce how to download DOSBox from the official website. First enter the DOSBox official website and select "Downloads":
   

2. Then choose the version corresponding to your own system to download, because I am Windows, so I choose the Windows version to download:
   

3. After clicking, it will automatically jump to the following interface. After a while, a download prompt will appear, just download it:
   

Second, the installation of DOSBox

1. Of course, if you don’t want to go to the official website to download, you can also use the installation package provided in my information. No matter which installation package you use, the following installation package icon will appear on the desktop after downloading, and the installation process is the same. What I am demonstrating here is the DOSBox installation package in my profile, we only need to double-click the following installation package icon:
   

2. Click "Yes":
   

3. Click "Next":
   

4. Click "Next":
   

5. Select a suitable location to prepare for installation, then click "Install":
   

6. After the installation is complete, click "Close":
   

7. At this point, there is already a DOSBox icon on the desktop:
   

3. Use of DOSBox

1. First, create a new folder named "MASM" under the D drive:
   

2. Then put the following content in the reference material into the newly created MASM folder. It should be noted here that what I am demonstrating here is the installation package in my data. If the reader uses the installation package in my data to install, then just follow my operation below. If the reader uses To install the installation package from the official website, you only need to replace the installation package downloaded from the official website with the installation package in the figure below. That is to say, there will be some subtle differences in the configuration of different versions of the installation package, so it is recommended for beginners to use the DOSBox installation package in my data and follow me step by step:
   

3. Then we double-click the DOSBox icon to find the following files in the following directory:
   

4. Double-click to open "dosbox-0.74.conf":
   

5. After opening, find the bottom of this file, enter the following content and save it:
   

6. Then we close DOSBox, and then open DOSBox, we can find that it has been automatically mounted for us:
   

7. At this point, DOSBox has been downloaded, installed and configured

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Summarize

  It can be seen that the download, installation and usage tutorial of DOSBox described in this blog is very detailed, as long as you follow me step by step, the installation will be successful!