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[dr_mabuse]

:help: hello DOS friends,
I run Windows XP SP2 German Version on a Cerleron engine.
Today I installed DOSBox 0.65 following the tutorial published on
http://www.abandonia.com/main.php?nav=index&FAQ=1

I created a directory in my root partition called \DOS and installed the program in the directoy C:\DOS\DOSBox-0.65\ .
I made the recommended changes in the DOSBOX.CONF file.
After starting DOSBOX.EXE it I got 2 DOS screens:
Screen 1 is titled DOSBOX Status window and shows the messages:
CONFIG: Loading settings from config file dosbox.conf
MIDI:Opened device:win32
Screen 2 is titled DOSBox 0.65, CPU Cycles 3000, Frameskip 0, Program: DOS
and shows the line:
Z:>
So it did obviously not run the autoexec part of the config file.
It uses the US keyboard layout. So I installed the German language version but that did not change anything.
If I use the DIR command on this screen I see the following files:
COMMAND.COM
Autoexec.BAT
IMGMOUNT.COM
BOOT.COM
INTRO.COM
RESCAN.COM
LOADFIX.COM
MEM.COM
MOUNT.COM
MIXER.COM
CONFIG.COM

If I try to go to drive C: I get the answer:
Laufwerk C: ist nicht vorhanden. (This is the German Translation of "Drive not found".
So the German text is noted but not the German keyboard layout.

The problem seems to me that the Autoexec part is not executed. This is a copy of what is in the autoexec section of my DOSBOX.CONF File:
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[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
mount C C:\DOS\CDrive
mount D F:\ -t cdrom
C:
c:\KEYB_DE\keyb gr
CLS
----------------------------------------------------
where c:\KEYB.de\keyb gr should execute the file
C:\DOS\DOSBox-0.65\KEYB_DE\keyb.exe for the German Keyboard layout.

Please help me on starting up with DOSBOX.
If this is stupid write me to jochenmabuse "AT" web.de
Thanks
Jochen from Germany