jvstrat

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I currently have direct x 9 on my winows xp. I have some of my old software I need to reinstall and it always says it doesn't detect direct x 8.1 and it prompts you to install it. Obviously it doesn't overwrite dx9 so I am unable to install the software. Is there a way to go back to dx 8.1 to install? Any help is appreciated.
 

jiffy

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DirectX9 is backward compatible, or should be. I have some games that detect DirectX and others that don’t and offer to reinstall it. Since I know I already have directX9, I don’t reinstall it. Are your programs installing and working ok, if so you should be all set. Here is a program for uninstalling directx9, some say this is useless, and I have to agree, because it wouldn’t work for me.
www.3dcenter.org

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