How to Deal with DirectX Problems

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  1. leune says:

    Warcraft 3 was unable to Initialize DirectX.Please ensure you have DirectX 8.1 or newer installed and that your drivers display are current. i have win 7 and directx 11 graphics nvidia gtx 260 6 gig ram my friend same os same directx even heavier grzphics and he runs the game and i don’t .?????why

  2. Anthony says:

    @Wayne Gomez – Even though the later DirectX versions are supposed to be downwards compatible, it is clear that not all (older) games are working with the newer DirectX versions.
    Sometimes it helps by installing an older DirectX runtime distributable on the newer Windows version. You can try a DirectX 9.0c download.

  3. Wayne Gomez says:

    Warcraft 3 was unable to Initialize DirectX.Please ensure you have DirectX 8.1 or newer installed and that your drivers display are current. DirectX may not be found on your Warcraft 3 Install CD Under Options….same prob for me Im using win7

  4. Little Monk says:

    Hello , i have same problem about play war3…
    It keep ask Install Directx8.1
    But i follow the step install oso cant play …
    Plz help me T.T

  5. NADA says:

    how to fix dota fatal error just changer your patch in to 1.26e or higher. how to fix dota error that says this map is too big the same thing just change your patch use the latest WVS :)))

  6. Anthony says:

    @Francisco – What is your Windows version?
    And what DirectX version details are shown when you run “dxdiag”?

  7. Francisco says:

    Well look pleas help me with this…
    When i try to run my game Warcraft 3 Frozen Throne I get this..
    Warcraft 3 was unable to Initialize DirectX.Please ensure you have DirectX 8.1 or newer installed and that your drivers display are current. DirectX may not be found on your Warcraft 3 Install CD Under Options… HELP
    I try to run other game but again some error with DirectX.
    HELP PLEASE…
    Contact me on my email adress if u know what is the problem
    VALLEX_69(a)HOTMAIL.COM

  8. Anthony says:

    @lawrence – What is your Windows version? In most cases DirectX should be installed by default, but you can always download the runtime installer from the Microsoft website.

    @wrenwin – First thing I would recommend is to check the BIOS confirguration to see if you can change the primary video card. If it is set to Auto, it would normally use the onboard video card as the primary (which I assume is the Intel?).
    Set it to AGP if possible to use the second video card.

  9. wrenwin says:

    Hi,

    I have two Display Adapters, Intel(R) HD Graphics and NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M, using DirectX 11. On DxDiag logs, it shows Display Device Card is Intel(R) HD Graphics. Do you know if there is a way to make DirectX recognize and use NVIDIA GPU instead? Thanks in advance.

  10. lawrence says:

    i want go play dota but i can’t play because i have no directx

  11. Anthony says:

    @Prasanth raj – You can try downloading the full directx installer from the Microsoft site instead of using the dxweb setup.

  12. Prasanth raj says:

    I’ve downloaded the dxweb setup.exe and then ive tried to update the directx it fails and shows “Please check your network connection and try again” pls help me…..

  13. Anthony says:

    @ahmad fakhrullah – Assuming the video and audio card are directx 11 compatible, I would suggest to (re)install the latest audio and video drivers for the PC hardware.
    You can also try running SFC /SCANNOW at the command prompt after that to see if there is any issue with the Windows system files (this assumes your friend is running Windows 7, where DirectX 11 is part of the OS).
    If that does not help, you can try downloading the directx 11 runtime distributable from the Microsoft website.

  14. ahmad fakhrullah says:

    Hi, i have a problem. My friends computer directx is 11. But when my friends start to play game. It shows this error

    “Cannot initialize directx8.1”

    Hope you can help.
    when i run dxdiag. It shows all directx hardware and all are not available. please help

  15. Anthony says:

    @Twondy – You can try running “dxdiag” at the Start menu, and see if you can turn on the hardware acceleration in the DirectX Diagnostics screen. But if it is not available, it could also be that the video card is insufficient to play those games.
    What is your video card, and what game is failing?

  16. Twondy says:

    Hi, i can’t play any games that requires good graphics. Gets different messages from different games, but it’s always about DirectX. This is the last messages i got.

    “Application has failed to start because DirectX hardware acceleration is not available or turned off”

    Thanks for help.

  17. Gamer says:

    hey please any of u can u help me
    i want to run asssasin creed 3 on my pc i have all requirement
    ram:2gb 3.0ghz
    graphics:1gb ati radeon
    and when i install the game and run it it fuckin damn say unable to loace this dx3.dll . reinstaling might fix the prob something like this plz hlp me

  18. NCOOEDL says:

    Hello,

    I got call of duty modern warfare 2 today. i installed it on my windows vista VAIO, but when it starts it says Error could not create texture formate 1024×2048. i have nividia geforce go 7400 and directX 11!

    please help me!

  19. rafey says:

    thankyou anthony,
    i have checked that my video card supports directx 10.
    i have intel(R)mobile 4 series Express chipset family with latest drivers.pixel shader 4, vertex shader 4, with 1.3gb ram.and 2.8 system ram.
    recently i installed COD black ops and its running excellent with no lag no problem at all.
    BUT my most favourite game just cause2,i just cant run it.
    the game also requires to have directx 10 compatible
    sound card speakers(Intel High definition audio)is my sound card.i dont know whetherits compatible with directx10 or not.
    please help or give some advice, thanks.

  20. Anthony says:

    @nooboo – Yes, why? Are you getting errors?

  21. nooboo says:

    can dota runs on direct11??

  22. Anthony says:

    @rafey – Considering your specs, I assume you have also checked that your video card is actually DX10 compatible?
    It seems that this problem is not always DirectX related though, some people have been able to solve it by reinstalling steam, others by running it in Vista compatibility mode, but often not at all.
    Personally I have no experience with the game, so cannot advise you further on specifics.

  23. rafey says:

    Hello please can you help me.
    My problem is related a game called just cause 2.
    Whenever i try to launch it, a error appears that says

    Fatal Directx Error!
    Code:15
    result:0x80070057:E_INVALIDARG
    The game will now exit.Try starting the game with failsafe if problem persist.

    My computer have 4gb ram,win 7 32bit, Core2dou 2.1ghz and more than minimum requirements required to run this game.
    I run win7 and dxdiag shows directx 11. and every thing is fine and working.I also downloaded the latest directx web installer from microsoft.And it says that my directx is up to date.
    The prince of persia the forgotten sands which release After this justcause2 and it runs fine and with excellent
    graphics.
    please solve my problem i wanted to run just cause 2.
    i have uninstalled and again installed this game more than 6 times but nothing happened only this problem.
    THANKS.

  24. Anthony says:

    @Mako – What Windows version and DirectX version are you running? It is possible that you have the latest DirectX 10 or 11, but that the downward compatibility is not working well with the game in question.
    You can try installing the DirectX 9.0c runtime and see if that helps.

  25. Mako says:

    Well look pleas help me with this…
    When i try to run my game Warcraft 3 Frozen Throne I get this..
    Warcraft 3 was unable to Initialize DirectX.Please ensure you have DirectX 8.1 or newer installed and that your drivers display are current. DirectX may not be found on your Warcraft 3 Install CD Under Options… HELP
    I try to run other game but again some error with DirectX.
    HELP PLEASE…
    Contact me on my email adress if u know what is the problem
    email:mako.zakon@hotmail.com

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