THIS IS a console script used for passing arguments to old DOS executables when running them under DOSBox for Windows. Specifically, this is for users who would like to create a “Send To” link so a file in Explorer can be directly passed into a program running within DOSBox.

The linker is called from linker.bat because Windows does now allow Send To links to point to file types besides EXE, COM and BAT. You must modify the location to PHP.EXE in linker.bat if PHP is not in your $PATH$ variable.

To install, just drop these two files into your DOSBox folder and modify the location of your DOSBox install below. After that, create a new shortcut in your Send To folder with the properties:

Target:
  "C:\Program Files\DOSBox\linker.bat" "C:\My DOS\Application.exe"
Start In:
  "C:\Program Files\DOSBox\linker.bat"

Files passed to this Send To link will cause DOSBox to activate Application.exe and all other files passed on the command line will be sent as parameters to Application.exe.

To remove any console popup windows, consider using RAWC.EXE by the author of Kicking Dragon.

Released Files

• DOSBox Linker 1.0
  Contains the script files needed to set up the linker described above.