Complete DirectX9 Download Source

Hi,
I have been unsuccessful in finding DirectX9 that is complete (no
installer) so I don't have to be connected to the internet in order to
install DX9. In some cases, I found it "bundled" with some other
"stuff".

Note: I have dual boot PCs, Win98se/WinXP. I want to install
DX9 on Win98 partition.

Thank You in advance, John

On 10/1/2015 4:09 AM, wrote:
Hi,
I have been unsuccessful in finding DirectX9 that is complete (no
installer) so I don't have to be connected to the internet in order to
install DX9. In some cases, I found it "bundled" with some other
"stuff".

Note: I have dual boot PCs, Win98se/WinXP. I want to install
DX9 on Win98 partition.

Thank You in advance, John




John:

Try Here;

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/downl...s.aspx?id=8109

directx_9c_redist.exe

John

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John Dulak wrote:
On 10/1/2015 4:09 AM, wrote:
Hi,
I have been unsuccessful in finding DirectX9 that is complete (no
installer) so I don't have to be connected to the internet in order to
install DX9. In some cases, I found it "bundled" with some other
"stuff".

Note: I have dual boot PCs, Win98se/WinXP. I want to install
DX9 on Win98 partition.

Thank You in advance, John




John:

Try Here;

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/downl...s.aspx?id=8109

directx_9c_redist.exe

John


And for some reason, this popped up in my browser in a search.

http://www.oldapps.com/directx.php?system=Windows_98

The size on that file is quite different. Yet it is also
Jun 2010.

There is also the DXSDK from June 2010. Some games need
particular "helper" files like "d3dx9_35.dll" and the
redist folder in the SDK has some CABs with stuff like that.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/downl...190a24fa6=True

The danger with this stuff, is the kernel checks added to
later versions, to prevent WinXP era games from playing
on Win2K. There was no particular reason for that to be
necessary, because patching out the calls in question
resulted in a working game on Win2K, proving the "Is it WinXP"
checks were for the most part, totally unnecessary.

And I don't know at what point, that stuff would be poisoned
for Win98.

*******

My recollection from back then, was some DX7 titles were
certainly "compatible" in some softie definition of the word,
but if you offered multiple render paths to the game, it
would choose the "inefficient" DX9 one. This might overpower
a PC attempting to play the game, and have you wishing you
hadn't installed DX9. So to some extent, if might depend
on the vintage of games you were playing. I had one game
of dubious play value, that might have been DX5 or so, and
I think you could still view the screen in DX7 era, and then
the screen turned black in DX9 and you couldn't navigate.
It's a "be careful what you wish for" kinda world. A world
where an OS backup before testing, is required. The DX installers
don't uninstall, so "going backwards" is totally up to your
own ingenuity.

And the "bundling" with other stuff, is so the game gets
the particular d3dx9_35.dll or d3dx9_36.dll or whatever
version the game was designed to use. There might be a dozen
different purported DX9c downloads, of which files like
that are the only difference from one to the next. And you
might have to install all dozen of them, to have a complete
set of helpers. The "bundling" helps in the sense that the
redist version of DX9c provided, would have the helper needed.
But the occasional question comes up, where a game demo
was provided, with no bundled lib with it, leaving people
to feel around in the dark for some d3dx9_35.dll type file.

Also, towards the end of the DX9c era, a number of downloads
were offered, that refused to install on my machine. The
description provided for the download, may not have been
accurate as to which OS it was intended for. Maybe it was
DX9 for Vista era or something. At the time, I just moved
on, rather than investigate what the install matrix might
look like.

Microsoft doesn't know what "version control" is, in any
practical customer-facing way. I still remember the days,
where some helpful web page would be identifying the files
by their "size in bytes". Hilarious stuff. So much hair loss...

Paul

On 10/1/2015 4:09 AM, wrote:
Hi,
I have been unsuccessful in finding DirectX9 that is complete (no
installer) so I don't have to be connected to the internet in order to
install DX9. In some cases, I found it "bundled" with some other
"stuff".

Note: I have dual boot PCs, Win98se/WinXP. I want to install
DX9 on Win98 partition.

Thank You in advance, John
Try Here;

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/downl...s.aspx?id=8109

directx_9c_redist.exe

SNIP

Hi Paul & John,

I downloaded "directx_jun2010_Redist.exe (100,271,992 bytes)
via the link you & John recommended.

I will try that on one of my "test" laptops when I finish a few other
projects first.

Again Thanks, John

On Fri, 02 Oct 2015 13:56:05 +0000, wrote:

On 10/1/2015 4:09 AM, wrote:
Hi,
I have been unsuccessful in finding DirectX9 that is complete (no
installer) so I don't have to be connected to the internet in order to
install DX9. In some cases, I found it "bundled" with some other
"stuff".

Note: I have dual boot PCs, Win98se/WinXP. I want to install
DX9 on Win98 partition.

Thank You in advance, John
Try Here;

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/downl...s.aspx?id=8109

directx_9c_redist.exe

SNIP

Hi Paul & John,

I downloaded "directx_jun2010_Redist.exe (100,271,992 bytes)
via the link you & John recommended.

I will try that on one of my "test" laptops when I finish a few other
projects first.

Again Thanks, John

UPDATE:

I tried to install "directx_jun....." on my "test" Win98 laptop, but during
the extractions an error occurred, "This program has performed an illegal...."

Error Details:

"Invalid page fault in module unknown at 0000:7FCC321F, etc. etc.

John

wrote:
On Fri, 02 Oct 2015 13:56:05 +0000, wrote:

On 10/1/2015 4:09 AM, wrote:
Hi,
I have been unsuccessful in finding DirectX9 that is complete (no
installer) so I don't have to be connected to the internet in order to
install DX9. In some cases, I found it "bundled" with some other
"stuff".

Note: I have dual boot PCs, Win98se/WinXP. I want to install
DX9 on Win98 partition.

Thank You in advance, John
Try Here;

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/downl...s.aspx?id=8109

directx_9c_redist.exe

SNIP

Hi Paul & John,

I downloaded "directx_jun2010_Redist.exe (100,271,992 bytes)
via the link you & John recommended.

I will try that on one of my "test" laptops when I finish a few other
projects first.

Again Thanks, John

UPDATE:

I tried to install "directx_jun....." on my "test" Win98 laptop, but during
the extractions an error occurred, "This program has performed an illegal...."

Error Details:

"Invalid page fault in module unknown at 0000:7FCC321F, etc. etc.

John

Trying the Microsoft site now, it's a mess. I tried a link
someone posted in a thread, and the stupid microsoft site
offered to download Windows 10.

Try something from here. Or look at your collection of
game CDs and see if a game from 2006 is available to provide
the 2006 one.

http://www.falconfly.de/directx.htm

Paul

On 10/5/2015 4:40 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 02 Oct 2015 13:56:05 +0000, wrote:

On 10/1/2015 4:09 AM, wrote:
Hi,
I have been unsuccessful in finding DirectX9 that is complete (no
installer) so I don't have to be connected to the internet in order to
install DX9. In some cases, I found it "bundled" with some other
"stuff".

Note: I have dual boot PCs, Win98se/WinXP. I want to install
DX9 on Win98 partition.

Thank You in advance, John
Try Here;

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/downl...s.aspx?id=8109

directx_9c_redist.exe

SNIP

Hi Paul& John,

I downloaded "directx_jun2010_Redist.exe (100,271,992 bytes)
via the link you& John recommended.

I will try that on one of my "test" laptops when I finish a few other
projects first.

Again Thanks, John

UPDATE:

I tried to install "directx_jun....." on my "test" Win98 laptop, but during
the extractions an error occurred, "This program has performed an illegal...."

Error Details:

"Invalid page fault in moduleunknown at 0000:7FCC321F, etc. etc.

John


John:

Try another version from he

http://www.oldversion.com/windows/directx/

John

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