[killerzone22]

Originally Posted by aanker

The first thing you will need to do is download DOSBox and the D-Fend windows front end here. They each install smoothly in Windows XP. I recommend you install DOSBox first, and then D-Fend. Be sure to configure D-Fend so it points to your DOSBox installation. The program will ask you do to this when you first open it. It should point to this location, unless you installed it differently:

C:\Program Files\DOSBox\

Now let's get down to the basics. We need to break the bonds Windows XP imposes and get Silent Hunter installed on your hard disk. To accomplish this, I will borrow some steps and graphics from Don Wells's excellent article, "Installation and Operation under Windows XP (SP1)". In performing the following steps, I was signed in with a user account designated as a "Computer Administrator."

First, from the Windows XP desktop, right-click the mouse and select "New > Shortcut".

Point the shortcut to the file: "C:\Windows\System32\Command.com"

Name the shortcut "Silent Hunter Dos Install" and click the "Finish" button to create the shortcut so it is on the Windows XP desktop

Now right-click on the "Silent Hunter Dos Install" shortcut icon to bring up the context menu, and choose "Properties." Displayed will be a nine-tab window, with the "General" tab looking something like the one shown below.

Next choose the "Program" tab and change it so that it is identical to the one shown below.

MS-DOSPrompt
Cmd line: C:\WINDOWS\system32\command.com
Working: C:\
Shortcut key: None
Run: Normal window
Check the box Close on Exit

Next choose the "Memory" tab and change it so that it is identical to the one shown below.

Total: Auto Initial environment: Auto
Uncheck Protected (if it was checked)
Expanded EMS Memory:
Total Auto
Extended XMS memory:
Auto
Check the box Uses HMA
MS DOS protected mode DPM memory
Total: Auto

Next choose the "Screen" tab and change it so that it is identical to the one shown below.

Usage:
Full screen

Check the box Restore settings at startup
Check boxes under Performance
Check Fast ROM emulation
Check Dynamic memory allocation

Click the "Apply" button, then the "OK" button. The shortcut is now configured to allow installation of Silent Hunter from the CD-ROM.

Now double-click the "Silent Hunter Dos Install" shortcut icon to start a full-screen DOS session. Execute the "Mem.exe" program at the DOS prompt. The memory data displayed will be similar to the screen shown below.

Next, at the DOS prompt use the "Make Directory" command, i.e., "md" to create the sub-directory "c:\GAMES". This assumes drive "c:" is the target drive for the game installation. As Don notes in his article, "Failure to create this sub-directory will cause a failure later during the installation process. The install program is brain-damaged and will not create any sub-directory except for the destination directory off the root of the install drive or a pre-existing sub-directory on that drive."

Place your Silent Hunter CD-ROM in the CD drive, and at the "C:\>" prompt change the current drive to that of the CD drive. Then type the following at the command-line prompt:

Install x:

(where 'x:' represents the target drive for the installation)

The following installation screen will appear. Select the "Maximum Install" option.

I definitely make sure to note this if i attempt it in the future. Thanks aanker