Most of my friends told me that Turbo C doesn’t work in Windows 7 64-bit as it isn’t compatible with 16-bit programs but it work’s with 32-bit but there is issue in 32 bit also, you cannot open turbo C in full mode. So friends today i will explain you how to install turbo C in windows 7 using Dosbox to make it work on 64 bit OS. Dosbox is basically a DOS Emulator which creates the virtual environment to support the Turbo C.
How to install turbo C compiler in windows 7 using DOSBOX
The below steps are same for both Windows 7 32 bit OS and Windows 64 bit OS. Just keep in mind that you need to download correct DOSBOX version according to your Windows 7 OS.
How to install Turbo C in Windows 7 using Dosbox :
Step 1: First of all you need to download and install Turbo C on Computer. Please refer my below article to achieve the same. If you have already has turbo C installed then you can skip step 1.
How to Install Turbo C Compiler
Step 2: Download and Install DOSBOX for 64 bit OS : DOWNLOAD FROM HERE
DosBox for those who are using 32 bit OS : DOWNLOAD FROM HERE
Step 3: Installing and Configuring DOSBOX on Windows 7.
Open the DOSBOX
Open the Dosbox
Now Type below 2 commands in command prompt like shown below:
SET ULTRASND=240,3,3,5,5
SET ULTRADIR=C:\ULTRASND
Type Ultrasnd and UltraDir Commands
Now we are going to Mount the current working directory of turbo c on Virtual Drive O.
For my OS it is C:\TC\BIN
Mount the Path
Next step is to Navigate to Virtual Drive O.
Navigate to O drive
Now C:\TC\BIN is mounted in to a Virtual Drive O so just give command to open your Turbo C Compiler.
Give command to open TC from O drive
And here we succeed to open Turbo C on Windows 7 64 bit.
Successfully Installed Dosbox on Windows 7
By the same way above you can use DosBox to open Turbo C in any windows version. Now you can open Turbo C in full mode in Windows 7 by just pressing ALT + ENTER key from your keyboard.
Also you can take print screen to capture the Turbo C screens with Ease in full mode.
I hope you all have enjoyed the article. If you face any issues with above process, feel free to contact us in form of comments. Thanks for reading!
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tried everything that you stated , but i got an error saying that we can not open #include..Kindly help me.
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i also tried that you have stated in this article but i got a problem that there is an error saying that we can not open the file #include….please help me
i was successful in getting it installed …but the next moment i closed the window and tried to reopen it ,i was asked to do the same things all over again …. does it require to do all the above mentioned steps every time we open it?????
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i have same problem..I’d installed dosbox but it wasn’t open the include files…from tc\lib or tc\include
please suggest solution quickly as possible…