WC3 DOSBox Save Game Directory probs. XP

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Hi everybody. Just found this place a week or so ago (great site!) as I was trying to get my old WC3 and Prophecy games back up and running.
Anyways here's my problem and hope someone can help.

I have 2 copies of WC3, the original dos CD's and the slightly newer "CD classics" series w/ the gold border around the box. Can't get either to work. I've downloaded the latest DosBox (7 I believe), read and followed the tutorial, get thru the joystick calibration, video and sound options, but when I get to the 'save game path directory' option, anything I input (even the default) comes back with a red error box saying (paraphrasing) "cannot create save game directory. Make sure you have not used any false characters"...etc..etc... I'm at work now so I can't give it to you word for word.
That's as far as I can get.
BTW, I'm running WinXP service pack 2.
Wondering if I'm doing the mounting right, main hard drive is C:, also have a D:, and an external F:, my CD drive is R:.

I was really exicited when I found this site, and the possibility of finally being able to play WC3 on the computer for the first time after literally years of playing WC3 on the 3DO about a billion times, and WC4 on the PS. Dying to play this with my Saitek X45 flight system.

I'm not the most savvy person with a computer, so please bear this in mind with any responses.

Any help will be GREATLY appreciated!

Thanks!

**PS** I also posted this in the stickied thread 'Run All Old WC Games in DOSBox', page 7. I hope I haven't violated any rules.

 

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Hi everybody. Just found this place a week or so ago (great site!) as I was trying to get my old WC3 and Prophecy games back up and running.
Anyways here's my problem and hope someone can help.

I have 2 copies of WC3, the original dos CD's and the slightly newer "CD classics" series w/ the gold border around the box. Can't get either to work. I've downloaded the latest DosBox (7 I believe), read and followed the tutorial, get thru the joystick calibration, video and sound options, but when I get to the 'save game path directory' option, anything I input (even the default) comes back with a red error box saying (paraphrasing) "cannot create save game directory. Make sure you have not used any false characters"...etc..etc... I'm at work now so I can't give it to you word for word.
That's as far as I can get.
BTW, I'm running WinXP service pack 2.
Wondering if I'm doing the mounting right, main hard drive is C:, also have a D:, and an external F:, my CD drive is R:.

I was really exicited when I found this site, and the possibility of finally being able to play WC3 on the computer for the first time after literally years of playing WC3 on the 3DO about a billion times, and WC4 on the PS. Dying to play this with my Saitek X45 flight system.

I'm not the most savvy person with a computer, so please bear this in mind with any responses.

Any help will be GREATLY appreciated!

Thanks!

**PS** I also posted this in the stickied thread 'Run All Old WC Games in DOSBox', page 7. I hope I haven't violated any rules.

I replied to the other thread. In the future though it's best not to post multiple threads and messages about the same problem as someone might not see that it was aswered or fixed in one of the other places.