Hello to all my friends and visitors today i am going to share you how you can run Turbo c++ full screen mode in Windows 7 or Vista.Many of my friends face the problem of running Turbo C/C++ IDE on Windows 7 or Vista in Full Screen. Most of them are reluctant to upgrade their OS from Windows XP to Windows 7 due to this difficulty. Here are some easy steps to effectively accomplish this task of running C/C++ in Full Screen mode which no errors or confusions.When you try to run turbo c++ IDE on latest version of windows like Windows7 or Vista, you may get the error message that 'The system does not support full screen mode. Choose close to terminate the application'.'The problem is that turbo C is very old DOS program. It's better to move on to an up to date compiler like visual c++ Express which is free and you certainly would have a better experience.
Run Turbo c++ Full screen By using DOSBox software.
DOSBox is an open source DOS emulator for BIOS, Linux, Mac OS X, OS/2, and Windows. This tool is primarily intended to play DOS games on Windows 7 but here we can use it run turbo C++ in Full screen mode.Now watch How to Run turbo C++ IDE in windows 7 with full screen.
Step 2:- Install and run the DOSBox.
Step 3:- Create New Folder in your drive where windows is Installed and give name it DOS.
Step 4:- Download Turbo C++ (v3.0) from Here.
Step 5:- Now Just extract the zipped file in C:/Dos (in your local drive) or install C++ in to that Dos Folder or copy the TC folder to Dos Folder.In order to run C++ without DOSBox you can simply run “C:/TC/BIN/TC.exe
Step 6:- Now Open Dosbox.exe from Desktop or from the installed directory.You will see a Dos screen with Z:\> as your local drive.
Step 7:- Now write ‘mount c c:\Dos’ and you will see a message saying Drive C is mounted as local directory. It means that your ‘C:\>Dos’ is your local directory.
Step 8:- Now write ‘C:’ and press enter. You will enter into C drive.
Step 9:- Write ‘C:\>cd TC’ which will take you into C:\>TC\ .
Step 10:- Then Write ‘C:\>TC\cd BIN’ which will take you into C:\>TC\BIN
Step 11:- Now Run TC.EXE by typing ‘C:\>TC\BIN\TC.exe’ or just ‘TC’ and pressing enter.
Well Done.
Step 12:- Now the Turbo C++ will open in DOSBox. Press ALT+ENTER to toggle between full screen and mini screen.By applying the above trick, you can run C compiler on full screen mode in windows 7.
Create A Shortcut Of Turbo c++ Full screen Mode
Step 1:- Create a new Shortcut on Desktop (Right Click ->New Shortcut)
Step 2:- Click Next, and type in this path you can see below
"C:\Program Files\DOSBox-0.74\DOSBox.exe" C:\Dos\TC\BIN\TC.EXE -noconsole -userconf
Step 3:- Click Next, and give a desired name to your shortcut.That’s it now you can C++ in Full Screen with just a Single Click without any hassles.
Reference :
http://www.dynamictrick.in/2012/10/how-to-run-c-compiler-on-full-screen.html
