Click Finish to finish the installationĪfter you've installed DirectX 9 on your Windows 8 or Windows 10 computer, you might as well enable Direct Play, as many old games require this deprecated piece of software, which seems to be part of DirectX.Allow the app to make changes to your computer if Windows asks.
#Install older version of directx manual
From Windows 8, Microsoft includes the APIs from the operating procedure.And Windows variant 8.1 offers support for up to DirectX 11.2, so that like Windows 10, there isnt any regular manual download. Find and double click the DXSETUP.exe file To download DirectX in its latest version, you have to know ahead of time that version of Windows youre dealing with.Navigate to the files folder, in this example c:\downloads\DirectX9\files.The DirectX files will be extracted to the chosen folder.button and choose the files folder you've created, in this example c:\downloads\DirectX9\files and click on the Ok button And Windows version 8.1 offers support for up to DirectX 11.2, and as with Windows 10, there is no regular manual download. From Windows 8, Microsoft includes the APIs in the operating system. Choose to run the application if Windows asks To download DirectX in its latest version, you must know in advance which version of Windows you are working with.Open the downloaded directx_Jun2010_redist.exe file by double clicking it, or open it from the downloads list in your browser.Choose to Save the downloaded file (directx_Jun2010_redist.exe), save it in your folder, in this example c:\downloads\DirectX9.Click on the No thanks and continue button on the right.Uncheck all recommended software/features and see if the download summary on the right only says 1.Go to the Microsoft download center for DirectX End-User Runtimes (2010) and click the download button.Create another folder files in the DirectX9 folder, in this example c:\downloads\DirectX9\files.Create an empty folder, for example c:\downloads\DirectX9.