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'''dosbox.conf''' is a configuration file located inside the same folder as the DOSBox binary (If you are using Linux, you first have to issue the command ''CONFIG -writeconf dosbox.conf'' inside of DOSBox. Afterwards, the '''dosbox.conf''' file will be written to your home directory). If an error message pops up telling you that the file cannot be created, you may want to run ''touch dosbox.conf'' in your home directory to first create an empty file.  It contains various system settings and initialization values that define your emulated environment.  Everything can be controlled by editing this file or if you like through more graphically oriented [[DOSBoxFrontends|Front Ends]].  You can also create separate '''dosbox.conf''' files for multiple host environments (which is helpful in playing various DOS games that expect various types of hardware).

The configuration file is broken into separate sections which contain section settings.  Many of these settings do not need to be fully understood to configure DOSBox, but it is helpful to know where to look.  You should also be aware that anything to the right of the a '''#''' to the end of the line is considered a comment as is totally ignored by DOSBox when it loads.

== [sdl] ==
{{:Configuration:SDL}}
== [dosbox] ==
{{:Configuration:DOSBox}}

== [render] ==
{{:Configuration:RENDER}}
== [cpu] ==
{{:Configuration:CPU}}
== [mixer] ==
:Here you can define the quality of emulated audio. ([[Configuration:Mixer|more]]) ...See [[Sound]]

== [midi] ==
:Here you can define any MIDI related settings.  The term MIDI is commonly used to refer to background music found in games, but specifically it refers to synthesizer audio (which can be passed directly from emulated games to modern hardware. ([[Configuration:MIDI|more]]) ...See [[Sound]]

== [sblaster] ==
:[[SoundBlaster|Sound Blaster]] related settings. ([[Configuration:SBlaster|more]]) ...See [[Sound]]

== [gus] ==
:[[GUS|Gravis Ultra Sound]] related settings. ([[Configuration:GUS|more]]) ...See [[Sound]]

== [speaker] ==
:[[PCSpeaker|PC Speaker]] related settings. ([[Configuration:PCSpeaker|more]]) ...See [[Sound]]

== [joystick] ==
:[[Joystick]] related settings. ([[Configuration:Joystick|more]])

== [serial] ==
:[[SerialPort|Serial Port]] related settings. ([[Configuration:SerialPort|more]])
This is an example of how to configure an actual serial port for I/O use:

serial1=directserial realport:com1

== [dos] ==
:[[ConventionalMemory|Conventional Memory]] and [[ExtendedMemory|Extended Memory]] related settings as well as the keyboard layout. ([[Configuration:DOS|more]])

== [ipx] ==
:[[IPX|IPX Networking]] related settings. ([[Configuration:IPX|more]])

== [autoexec] ==
:Here you can define the contents of the [[AUTOEXEC|AUTOEXEC.BAT]] file (which is executed immediately after DOSBox is initialized). Thus any commands listed here will be performed each time DOSBox is used ([[Configuration:AUTOEXEC|more]])