Direct X 9.0c installs but then doesnt work
I am trying to install Direct X 9. 0c so i can play Sims 2 but what happens is that it installs in seconds and then say that is done it then says i can use it but when i check what version of direct x i have it tells me that it is still direct x 8.
I am trying to install Direct X 9.0c so i can play Sims 2 but what happens is that it installs in seconds and then say that is done it then says i can use it but when i check what version of direct x i have it tells me that it is still direct x 8.1 so therefore the game doesn't work. Any help would be much appreciated as i am pretty pissed of about it all. Cheers
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TRy this fix:
1. Open My Computer.
2. Right click on the Sims2 icon and choose Open.
3. Double-click on the DirectX folder.
4. Right-click on the DSETUP.dll file and choose Copy.
5. Close this window.
6. Open My Computer again.
7. This time, open your C: drive (usually called Local Disk).
8. Now open the WINDOWS folder.
9. Open the SYSTEM32 folder.
10. Right-click on an empty space in the folder and choose Paste.
11. Now try running the installation again.
Or try:
The only thing all of you should do is:
Take the .exe and both .dll in the DX 9.0b folder and use them in the dx9.0c install intead of the ones you have.
Step by step:
Get both Dx 9.0b and Dx 9.0c REDIST (complete install file zipped) from File planet.
Extract one in a TEMP folder like:
c:\temp\dx9c
and the other in another like:
c:\temp\dx9b
get the files "dxsetup.exe", "DSETUP.dll", "dsetup32.dll" from the folder that have the DX9b install to the one that have the DX9c install.
(Posts taken from elsewhere on this site).
1. Open My Computer.
2. Right click on the Sims2 icon and choose Open.
3. Double-click on the DirectX folder.
4. Right-click on the DSETUP.dll file and choose Copy.
5. Close this window.
6. Open My Computer again.
7. This time, open your C: drive (usually called Local Disk).
8. Now open the WINDOWS folder.
9. Open the SYSTEM32 folder.
10. Right-click on an empty space in the folder and choose Paste.
11. Now try running the installation again.
Or try:
The only thing all of you should do is:
Take the .exe and both .dll in the DX 9.0b folder and use them in the dx9.0c install intead of the ones you have.
Step by step:
Get both Dx 9.0b and Dx 9.0c REDIST (complete install file zipped) from File planet.
Extract one in a TEMP folder like:
c:\temp\dx9c
and the other in another like:
c:\temp\dx9b
get the files "dxsetup.exe", "DSETUP.dll", "dsetup32.dll" from the folder that have the DX9b install to the one that have the DX9c install.
(Posts taken from elsewhere on this site).
