Re: Accidently uninstalled DirectDraw! Help!
From: Jimmy S. (Private)
Date: 01/25/05
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Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 00:41:59 -0500
Hi Nyewy,
To be on the safe side, create a folder named TEMP on your
desktop and instruct it to extract the files there. Most likely it
will use that as a working directory to extract the files before
installing DirectX into it's proper location in C:\Windows.
Make sense? ;-)
-- Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits MS Assisted Support: http://support.microsoft.com/select/?target=assistance My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights. _________________________________________________________ "Nyewy" <Nyewy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:05B6D8BA-D36B-40F5-AE9F-211475398D00@microsoft.com... > Yes, I saved and ran the file before, but I meant when I do run setup, and I > accept the terms of agreement, a box pops up that prompts me to "Please type > the location where you want to place the extracted files." But, I do not know > where to direct the setup to install the files to. Could you tell me where > the appropriate location is? > > Thanks for your time still. ^^; > > "Jimmy S." wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Save the .exe file to your desktop and once the download is complete >> you can then double click that setup file to install DirectX. >> >> -- >> Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User >> Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com >> >> Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms >> Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits >> MS Assisted Support: http://support.microsoft.com/select/?target=assistance >> My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights. >> _________________________________________________________ >> >> "Nyewy" <Nyewy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:D8B180A2-AD0F-4B44-89B2-F87AC77971CF@microsoft.com... >> > Unfortunately, I really don't know where to place it, as it prompts me to >> > save the fiels to a directory after I've downloaded the file. The field is >> > blank, so I really do not know where to begin. I put them in the >> > programs/directx/ folder, but nothing has improved yet. =/ Could you please >> > give me a ltitle more advice on this? >> > >> > Thank you so much! >> > >> > "Jimmy S." wrote: >> > >> >> Hi Nyewy, >> >> >> >> Try the complete Installation Package for DX 9.0c: >> >> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9226a611-62fe-4f61-aba1-914185249413&displaylang=en >> >> >> >> Let me know if you have any problems. :-) >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User >> >> Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com >> >> >> >> Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms >> >> Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits >> >> MS Assisted Support: http://support.microsoft.com/select/?target=assistance >> >> My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights. >> >> _________________________________________________________ >> >> >> >> "Nyewy" <Nyewy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:89BDDCA8-8850-44EC-94CE-5585376BCFE6@microsoft.com... >> >> >I had errors with starting my games lately, such as the Sims2 and Ragnarok >> >> > Online. But I had no problems a few mnoths ago when starting games like these. >> >> > >> >> > My Nvidia GeForce 420 graphics unit isn't obsolete, and supposedly I've >> >> > installed DirectX 9.0c. However, when I run DxDiag, I find that my computer >> >> > is missing DirectDraw and Direct3D! I think I must have uninstalled them by >> >> > accident. >> >> > >> >> > I absolutely am having a hard time finding any sort of help on what to do >> >> > with this issue. Is there any way I can possibly get DirectDraw and Direct3D >> >> > back onto my computer? Is there a place when I can download the files again? >> >> > >> >> > Thanks in advance! >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>
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