[bobbysmith]

I am trying to install Direct X 9.0c so i can play Sims 2 but what happens is that it installs in seconds and then say that is done it then says i can use it but when i check what version of direct x i have it tells me that it is still direct x 8.1 so therefore the game doesn't work. Any help would be much appreciated as i am pretty pissed of about it all. Cheers

[sdcharger]

im with u. i cant get it 2 work either let me no if u can figure out how 2 get it runnin

[peterh]

TRy this fix:

1. Open My Computer.
2. Right click on the Sims2 icon and choose Open.
3. Double-click on the DirectX folder.
4. Right-click on the DSETUP.dll file and choose Copy.
5. Close this window.
6. Open My Computer again.
7. This time, open your C: drive (usually called Local Disk).
8. Now open the WINDOWS folder.
9. Open the SYSTEM32 folder.
10. Right-click on an empty space in the folder and choose Paste.
11. Now try running the installation again.

Or try:
The only thing all of you should do is:
Take the .exe and both .dll in the DX 9.0b folder and use them in the dx9.0c install intead of the ones you have.

Step by step:
Get both Dx 9.0b and Dx 9.0c REDIST (complete install file zipped) from File planet.

Extract one in a TEMP folder like:
c:\temp\dx9c
and the other in another like:
c:\temp\dx9b

get the files "dxsetup.exe", "DSETUP.dll", "dsetup32.dll" from the folder that have the DX9b install to the one that have the DX9c install.

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