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9 years ago
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Error: A redistributable package (DirectX) was not installed successfully.

I am running Windows 10 and recently purchased the Ultimate Collection on origin. When I go to install it, it gives me the error: (Error: A redistributable package (DirectX) was not installed succe...
  • Nyerguds's avatar
    9 years ago

    @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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