Rollback directx vista

This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Why do you need to install DiectX9? Windows Vista never comes with DX9. It comes with DX 10 or DX You will never able to see from dxdiag that your DX version is DX 9.

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If you try running the dxwebsetup. Please refer to DXError. What you need to do is to rollback to the original DirectX from the Windows setup disc first, then install and update DirectX to the latest version. There are a few tools and scripts around which are able to help you uninstall DirectX or rollback to the original DirectX from Windows installation CD.

The first trick to try and get DirectX to re-install involves a small change in the registry. This does the simple job of fooling Windows into thinking it has an older version of DirectX currently installed and therefore will allow the latest version to be installed again over the top. Follow these simple steps:. Simply double click on Version and change the number from 4. Then close the registry editor.

Set Version to 4. Now download and run the DirectX installer , and it should re-install. This could also work in Windows Vista and 7 because the 4. DirectX 9 uninstaller extracts the DirectX 8 files from the Driver.