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Anonymous
9 years ago
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Mass Effect 2 DirectX installation error

When i was installing the Mass Effect 2, a bug report popped up with this: "DirctX installation error: an internal failure has occured.
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    holger1405
    9 years ago

    @Zatyamatyi

    Try running Origin as Administrator.

    If that don't helps, go to your ">drive<:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Mass Effect 2\__Installer\directx\redist" folder and delete all the files with a ".cab" file extension

    After that run the "DXSETUP.exe" (As Administrator) inside the same folder > restart the Computer > test.

    If that also don't helps, download the DirectX end-user runtime from here > install (Run the installer as Administrator) > restart the Computer > test. 

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DarkJupiter28
9 years ago

@holger1405

@holger1405 wrote:

@Zatyamatyi

Try running Origin as Administrator.

If that don't helps, go to your ">drive<:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Mass Effect 2\__Installer\directx\redist" folder and delete all the files with a ".cab" file extension

After that run the "DXSETUP.exe" (As Administrator) inside the same folder > restart the Computer > test.

If that also don't helps, download the DirectX end-user runtime from here > install (Run the installer as Administrator) > restart the Computer > test. 

Hey I was trying to do your solution but i have a question

The .cab files are they those files with different months like April, August, December, Februari, June, March, November, October?

Thanks for the solution anyway

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holger1405
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9 years ago

@DarkJupiter28

Yes, they are.

If you go to the "View" tab in the Windows Explorer menu bar and check the "File name extensions" check-box you will see the *.cab extension.

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