Can't get AppleWin game shortcuts to work...

[buddyguy2]

Not sure what I'm doing wrong, and hoping someone can help me...

 

I've got a desktop shortcut to the most recent version of the AppleWin emulator (1.25.0.3), and it works fine. I figured I'd add a command line to the Target to have the shortcut boot up a game. So now my Target looks like this:

 

"c:\AppleWin.exe" -d1 "g:\apple II\Hobbit.dsk"

 

The shortcut doesn't even boot up the emulator now - it just pauses my mouse for a second and then nothing. I've double-checked that I've got the path and the rom name correct. What am I missing here?

 

Thanks for anyone who can give me some insight!

[Osgeld]

I just associate *.dsk files to applewin

 

try dropping the quotes around "c:\AppleWin.exe", you only really need those when dealing with files or directories with spaces in them (such as your disk image folder)

Edited May 26, 2016 by Osgeld

[david__schmidt]

-d1 has a long and troubled past... looks like trouble has returned. Some problem reports over time:

https://github.com/AppleWin/AppleWin/issues/286
https://github.com/AppleWin/AppleWin/issues/276
https://github.com/AppleWin/AppleWin/issues/108

I just tried 1.25.0.4, and fix 276 seems to have solved it:

https://github.com/AppleWin/AppleWin/releases/tag/v1.25.0.4

Edited May 26, 2016 by david__schmidt

[David Baldwin]

you might have to assoicate with command but looks like you fixed it.

[buddyguy2]

Osgeld - thanks, but David nailed it.

 

Ugh... thanks David, that was exactly the problem. I even saw the same bug report and fix that you pointed out, but I just assumed the problem had resurfaced. I downloaded AppleWin just about two months ago, so I assumed I had the last version. I don't know how I wound up downloading v.1.25.0.3. Goofy. But thanks - the shortcut is working fine now.