In the newer versions, you can substitute
Code:
-conf "C:\Users\\AppData\Local\DOSBox\dosbox-0.74.conf"
for
and be sure that it will be the same configuration file that you can edit from the start menu, and you won't have to update the shortcuts every time you update DOSBox to change "dosbox-0.74.conf" to "dosbox-0.75.conf", etc.