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How do update DirectX?

April 26, 2017DirectX

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How do update DirectX?

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DirectX is available as a free download from Microsoft. Microsoft offers DirectX in 2 flavours: • The DirectX End-User Web Installer • The DirectX End-User Redistributable The web installer is preferable because it only downloads the files you require and installs them fully automatically. However, if the web installer refuses to work (or if you would like to install DirectX on an offline computer) you will have to download the redistributable. This installer is a bit confusing because it installs another installer that you also have to run. When you run the redistributable installer it asks “where you want to place the extracted files”. The files it extracts are temporary files that you can delete when the installation is completed, so it is best use a location like: d:\temp One of the extracted files is DXSETUP.exe. This is the real installer that you also have to run. After running this file, DirectX is installed on your system and you can delete all the extracted, temporary files.