Sep 29, 2015 · Not all components of DirectX 9.0c / legacy DirectX SDK are installed by default on modern Windows OSs (until Windows 11) even if DirectX 11 or 12 is already pre-installed, so you may still need to install the DirectX 9.0c June 2010 update for games that use DirectX 9 or earlier DirectX versions.

Oct 20, 2011 · If the problem isn't solved, go here and download newest version of DirectX from there. Another option is go here and download websetup. Run this program every two or three months or so and it will download and install newest version of DirectX. Also it only downloads updated files so it transfers less data.

Dec 19, 2023 · The directX install appears to be pointless so why even risk it? It appears that A vanilla Windows 11 already has support for DirectX 9. Run "dxdiag.exe" Move to the "Display" tab and home in on the Drivers group. Specifically, you will be looking at the "Feature Levels" line.

Sep 5, 2015 · Installing DirectX using the Web Installer; Installing DirectX using the Offline Installer; Installing all Windows updates, then installing DirectX; Removing the DLLs associated with DirectX and installing DirectX; Rebooting (multiple times) and installing DirectX; I really don't want to do a clean install, as it takes to much effort to ...

Dec 1, 2009 · On my windows XP machine when I try to install the DirectX SDK the setup freezes on the first screen. When I click on the "next" button the system does some processing and stays on the same window.

Mar 22, 2020 · It is impossible to install DirectX 11 on any version of Windows. DirectX 11 and DirectX 12 are built-into compatible versions of Windows. I have Intel HD 3000 graphics which are not compatible with DirectX 12. I am having issues in some games so I thought maybe I could install DirectX 11 on Windows 10 which is compatible with my GPU.

Jul 12, 2012 · If you really need to solve this in a way other then dual booting your computer to 32b OS, I am afraid a lot of patient reverse engineering will be needed: you need to track the application to see which dlls it attempts to load, and once you know it, you could provide your own fake dll at that location (or perhaps copy default DirectX dlls ...

Feb 18, 2015 · Note that Windows 8.1 also doesn't include in-box, third-party GPU drivers for nVidia DirectX 9.x families. Instead, drivers are provided via Dynamic Update during the windows installation / upgrade process, or via Windows Update after the installation.

Jun 9, 2023 · Hello @John! Thank you for your comment! Like I wrote in my question: I need the old Visual C++ libraries and the old DirectX for old games. There weren't any updates for a long time now and there probably will no updates anymore. Furthermore this games don't work on Windows 11 (maybe I'am doing something wrong).

Mar 27, 2016 · Any new DirectX versions will be installed automatically by Windows Update. All versions of DirectX are backwards compatible with older versions, so there is no need to install an older version of DirectX. This allows newer machines to play games built with an older DirectX version, without the need to install previous versions of DirectX.