Applications Failing to Work on Vista Because of a DirectX Issue

[nbukhari]

I have a problem with few applications, which used to work fine on my
previous Windows XP Home Edition.

Now, on my new Windows Vista Home Edition, whenever I try running
these application I get a popup saying "you need to update your
DirectX to version 8.1 or higher".

I checked on the DirectX I have, and it turned out to be version 10!

How can I run the applications again??

Thank you...

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

Either:

a) Run the applications in compatibility mode. Right click the icon, choose
properties and check the compatibility tab or

b) Check with the software vendor for a patch or update the program to a
Vista compatible version.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[JW]

Your graphics card also needs to have native support for the DirectX
software require.

 

[nbukhari]

Your graphics card also needs to have native support for the DirectX









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Rick and JW thanks to both of you. I tried all your suggestions among
others but unfortunately they didn't work. After many searches,
downloading and installing some "K-Lite Coded Pack" resolved the
problem! Thanks again.

 

[Mark]

DirectX9 on Vista is an emulated version and does not contain all the recent
commands. If you download the DirectX9.0c update, DirectX9 will suddenly
work fine for most applications.

Full-blown: (212MB)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...38-db71-4c1b-bc6a-9b6652cd92a3&displaylang=en

This is the easiest method:
Redistributables: (44MB)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...0C-5E44-4864-93CD-464EF59DA050&displaylang=en

All you really need are four specific files to make most applications work.

Your graphics card also needs to have native support for the DirectX









- Show quoted text -

Rick and JW thanks to both of you. I tried all your suggestions among
others but unfortunately they didn't work. After many searches,
downloading and installing some "K-Lite Coded Pack" resolved the
problem! Thanks again.