Specifically, installation troubles.

I got the free download and tried to install and run it with the DOSBox, but for some reason it will not play.
As in, commands do not seem to work to bring up the game.
1. Is this common, or did I perhaps do something wrong?
2. Is there a way to correct this, or a clear way of making it work?
3. I've considered uninstalling and re-installing the game to try getting a fresh start, but have no idea how/where to uninstall it. How do I do this?+

Note: I did try looking through the related threads, as well as working with it similar to Arena, but nothing really helped.

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After finally being able to view the install & run instructions provided on the elderscrolls site, I'm wondering more if uninstalling and re-installing would work in my favor. Start fresh and follow things as I should.
Is there a way to do this?

You'll need to be more specific with your problem so we can help. Does the game refuse to install, complaining of not enough freespace? Are you getting a wrong CD error?

Hrm...
In a nutshell: I was finally able to run the install last night, following what I could of the built in instructions.
Upon actually trying to run the game, it would not cooperate, basically just...not working, bringing up the previous command line when I tried to enter anything.("C:\" and nothing else.)
I tried to run the game again today and it says "Unable to change to \dagger." (This being the file name given to it.)
Somewhat confusing since I've never had it say or do that before.

In the end, I'm not sure if it properly installed or not or if something else is wrong.