DirectX error when installing red alert 2

What OS are you running? If it's 64 bit download this: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=10568

Hi, I also just bought the C&C ultimate collection. I'm having the same problem but the dirictx still doesn't work.

Not sure if this will work for everyone, but it worked for me. Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Command and Conquer Red Alert II\__Installer\directx\redist  (Or wherever your game files would be) and run DXSETUP.exe, then tell Origin to install the game. Hope it works.

This worked.

Thank you a lot.

Win7 64bit

Hope this serves for someone:

The issue on my end was that, at first, Origin would keep installing the game endlessly. After a while I would lose patiency and kill the process, and then any attempt following that one would cause the DX error (that's how I got here).

Well, after thinking a bit instead of just googling (duh!) I found out: just open the Task Manager and kill the dx process there (probably DXSETUP.exe). This will unfreeze the installation.

@TheHeavyStorm

Thanks for posting up a possible solution, really helps others. 😕mileyvery-happy:

why when i play skirmish after one minute i lose and all my building is destroying in red alert 2?

Looking at the log (c:\windows\directx.log), I was able to see the problem, several errors of this kind:

08/15/15 15:27:36: infinst: Currently C:\Windows\system32\d3dx9_24.dll is newer than the one being installed.

The solution of killing the process in task manager worked for me, win 7 64bits

The Setup in the DirectX files worked for me.

Setup: Lenovo Laptop

Intel Core i7-4710HQ 2.50GHz

Geforce GTX 860M

16GB RAM, 15.91GB Usable

1920 x 1080, 60Hz

Windows 8.1 64