Im trying to run Duke3D with either DOSbox or eDuke32 and they both just crash. they dont say anything they just crash. Can someone please help me?

Duke3D will always crash if you don't run as administrator with Dosbox in Vista and 7. eDuke shouldn't be crashing though. I run eDuke without running as admin and it works fine. Of course I run an older eDuke version since when I tried an updated version last year, it ran worse so it could be that version of eDuke causing havoc. Well go ahead and try running eDuke as admin as well and see if it works.

Also in future for a faster response, it's best to either post or first consult the specific gog game forum page.

The only thing is i bought the duke nukem pack from online at gog and now whenever i use the icon on the desktop it just crashes. :( one more thing i just ran it as an admin and it worked but only in a small window and i cant configure the controls.... how do i do this?

Hmmm... GOG's DOSBox'd Duke 3D works fine on my Vista laptop. Have you tried uninstalling/reinstalling the game?

You might first try starting the game from the shortcut that is added to your Programs menu. If it works, just delete the desktop shortcut and copy the Programs shortcut to the desktop. Some Vista / Win7 installs create desktop shortcuts with limited privileges which can cause problems similar to what you describe.

I ran Duke3D on my Vista laptop using the DOSBox and eDuke32 methods, Both ran well but I preferred the eDuke32 (IMHO). Just make sure you install both / individually by right clicking the setup.exe and click "Run as an administrator" on the resulting dialog. If you just double clicked the setup.exe for both / either, you may have a partial install which limits disks read / writes.

I would also suggest you turn UAC off prior to installing, install in a directory outside of Program Files and make sure you right click the game shortcut, click Properties, click the Compatibility tab and check mark "Run this program as an administrator" after the install. After that, if problems persist, try different compatibility modes starting with the newest and working backwards to the oldest.

Edit: Might also check mark "Run in 256 colors" on the shortcut compatibility tab before re-installing etc.

any idea on how to change the movement and fire controls for it?

It also keeps telling me "Error(s) found in file 'EDUKE.CON'. Do you want to use the INTERNAL DEFAULTS?" for eDuke32 and then it shows the "error or windows problem window.