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Re: Error: A redistributable package (DirectX) was not installed successfully.

@German7499

Ah, that. The problem with manual install is probably that these are not the latest DirectX components; they are components from around the time the game was released. Apparently the modern DirectX is missing some of these old features. Try if this works:

  • Download the DirectX Redistributables package from June 2010. Be sure to uncheck any other junk they want to add to it. It should be a file called "directx_Jun2010_redist.exe".
  • Run the downloaded file. It'll ask for a folder to unpack in. Make a new folder somewhere on your disk and unpack it there. It doesn't matter where you unpack it; it can be deleted afterwards anyway.
  • Go to the folder where you told it to extract.
  • Find "DXSETUP.exe", and run that to install the missing components.
  • After the installation finished, delete the folder you unpacked everything in.

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  • o0eXDeath0o's avatar
    o0eXDeath0o
    7 years ago
    If possible, make sure Windows Defender is disable while the install runs or any other anti-malware application you have. IObit Anti-Malware was keeping the directx redist from installing on my PC.

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