On Sat, May 9, 2026 at 12:13 PM Norby Droid via Freedos-user <[email protected]> wrote: > > Is it possible to have FreeDOS report itself as MSDOS? > > Not sure if this is possible or even how some programs may work. > > I work in FreeDOS in virtual PC 2007 and I am tryin to use fshare which > allows shared folders in VPC but it tells me that "folder sharing on > this host is not allowed" which makes me think it expects msdos but is > gettin freedos instead. Is there a way to have the system temporarily > report as msdos instead of freedos, or a way to have programs see the > system as msdos and not freedos? > > I think this may help in gettin more software to work in FreeDOS. Just > my opinion and I could be wrong. > > Could anyone enlighten me on this and their opinions? Thank you.
Could you try CALLVER? For example, see about 16:00 in this YouTube video, where I get MS-DOS 4.00 to run from FreeDOS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7r76V_gWQ8 The usage looks like this: (to set version 6.22) :: Use: CALLVER 6.20 [PROGRAM [ARGUMENTS]] :: Run one program (in a new shell, using COMSPEC) with a :: fake DOS version number, or globally (only in FreeDOS) :: modify the reported DOS version (CALLVER 0.00 reverts) :: CALLVER is public domain. _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
