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DOSBox-X is an open-source DOS emulator for running DOS games and applications.
$ winget install --id joncampbell123.DOSBox-X --exact --version 2026.05.02Run in Command Prompt, PowerShell, or Windows Terminal. Prompts for any agreements.
DOSBox-X uses EXE (Inno Setup). The silent install switches are /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART.
dosbox-x-windows-2026.05.02-setup.exe /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART /CURRENTUSER
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DOSBox-X emulates a PC necessary for running many DOS games and applications that simply cannot be run on modern PCs and operating systems, similar to DOSBox.
However, while the main focus of DOSBox is for running DOS games, DOSBox-X goes much further than this.
Started as a fork of the DOSBox project, it retains compatibility with the wide base of DOS games and DOS gaming DOSBox was designed for.
But it is also a platform for running DOS applications, including emulating the environments to run Windows 3.x, 9x and ME and software written for those versions of Windows.
By adding official support for Windows 95, 98, ME emulation and acceleration, we hope that those old Windows games and applications could be enjoyed or used once more.
Moreover, DOSBox-X adds support for DOS/V and NEC PC-98 emulations so that you can play DOS/V and PC-98 games with it.
Copy a command tailored to that specific architecture, type, and scope - useful when winget would otherwise pick a different default.
No known CVEs for DOSBox-X.
Coverage is best-effort and depends on a winget package mapping to an NVD CPE entry. Absence here is not a guarantee of safety.
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