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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion Boxer/BXCloseAlert.m
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Expand Up @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ + (BXCloseAlert *) closeAlertAfterWindowsOnlyProgramExited: (NSString *)programP

alert.messageText = [NSString stringWithFormat: messageFormat, programName];

alert.informativeText = NSLocalizedString(@"You can run this program in a Windows emulator instead. For more help, click the ? button.",
alert.informativeText = NSLocalizedString(@"You can run this program in a Windows emulator (or possibly extract a DOS version using a tool like innoextract). For more help, click the ? button.",
@"Informative text of warning sheet after running a Windows-only executable or importing a Windows-only game.");

NSButton *cancelButton = alert.buttons.lastObject;
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11 changes: 10 additions & 1 deletion Resources/Boxer.help/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/pages/windows-games.html
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Expand Up @@ -37,12 +37,21 @@ <h2>DOS games inside Windows installers</h2>

<p>Rereleased game collections, and online stores like <a href="http://gog.com/" rel="external">GOG.com</a>, often <strong>package MS-DOS games inside Windows-only installer programs</strong>. Even though Boxer will be able to run the game itself, <strong>it cannot open the Windows installer to get the game out</strong>, and so cannot import the game directly.</p>

<p>Instead, you should:</p>
<p>Instead, you could:</p>

<ol class="steps">
<li>Run the installer on a Windows PC or inside a <a href="#windows-emulators">Windows emulator</a>, then:</li>
<li>Import the installed game files afterwards into Boxer on your Mac.</li>
</ol>

<p>Alternatively, if you're comfortable using the Mac command line, you can:</p>

<ol class="steps">
<li>Download and install <a href="http://constexpr.org/innoextract/install#homebrew">innoextract</a>.</li>
<li>Use innoextract to get the DOS version out of the Windows installer.</li>
<li>Import the extracted game files into Boxer.</li>
</ol>

</section>

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