[Request] Cracking Old Dos Application

[stallion317]

I have a very old dos program

The problem is it runs on my xp but when i run it via emulator (dosbox) in win 10 i get an error saying

"This program is copy protected. Use Install To copy It"..

The license folder (AX NF ZZ) is stored as hidden on c dive in xp. Is there anyway that to make DOSBox check the license folder... Or can we use ida pro to remove the attrib checks from the exe itself ?

This is what one of a member from different forum told me..


- Dosbox can't see the hidden files, because DosBox doesn't support long filenames, ie filenames with a space in them for example, and the directory where the files are is named "AX NF ZZ" and has spaces

- And even if it could see the directory, DosBox doesn't support hidden/system files either, and there's a check to see if the files are hidden in the code.

He changed the folder name to AX_NF_ZZ in the code, and removed the attribute checks. Because some of the code was encrypted and it worked for him.. Unfortunately that was his last post and dint here from him again lol my bad luck.


I somehow want this application to run in dosbox for my college project..


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Is there a way to crack this application

Any help would be gr8full..

Thanks ..

Regards..