directx problem

[bart0537]

Don't know if this is the proper place to post this but will throw it out there and see if anyone can help. I am running win98se and had a problem where I had to reinstall windows. After reinstalling windows I can not run most games I get error messages about wrong versions of d3d9 and missing or corrupt files and missing export files. I think there is a conflict between directx versions and the files installed. I have tried to install direct9 and also 8 but nothing seems to work. Anyone have any ideas?

 

[_xxx_]

Which version of DX9 have you installed? DX9c is required nowadays.

 

[bart0537]

Version 4.09.00.0904

Version 4.09.00.0904 but if I look at the directx files most versions say 4.06.03.0518 and the date on all the files are 1999

 

[Anarchist4000]

Yeah you seriously need to update DirectX. All the files I have are version 5.xx etc

If you run dxdiag.exe it should list all the files and data. D3d9.dll should be dated sometime in 2006 at a minimum. I'm guessing you got one of the very first versions of DX9 installed if even 9 at all.

Just run winupdate or go to the microsoft site and search for directx and you should find some downloads for the newest version.

 

[Colourless]

5.x files are the versions you get for DirectX in Win2K based operating systems
4.x are for Win9x operating systems

 

[bart0537]

dx9fsaaviewer produced the following result:

DX9FSAAVIEWER caused a stack fault in module D3DINTERCEPTS.DLL at 0167:4901c8a2.
Registers:
EAX=00000001 CS=0167 EIP=4901c8a2 EFLGS=00010202
EBX=005a0000 SS=016f ESP=005b2000 EBP=006afe38
ECX=8c48c737 DS=016f ESI=0000001f FS=48cf
EDX=006af81b ES=016f EDI=bff77716 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
e8 c9 f4 ff ff e8 94 48 ff ff 8b 74 24 0c 56 ff
Stack dump:
bff77716 0000001f 4901c8b7 0000001f bff77716 0000001f 4901c8b7 0000001f bff77716 0000001f 4901c8b7 0000001f bff77716 0000001f 4901c8b7 0000001f

d3bench produced the following:

Runtime error
Program:C\programfiles\d3bench\lcsplayer.exe
This application has requested the runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the applications supportteam for help

 

[_xxx_]

Google for DXCleaner, use it to fully uninstall directx and then install the current version from the MS site. There should be a downloadable there if you're not using windows update (like noone sane should).