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missing DLL
Hi, I have two machines with win98 and winME and I tried
to install a software program on one machine and it would not install it gave me an error message (the D3D8.DLL file is linked to missing export DDRAW.DLLLock CB). So I tried putting it on the other machine same thing except it allowed me to install it and when I tried to play it, I got the same message. So I tried my brothers machine that has XP on it, it would not even try to install. Anyone know whats wrong. Maybe a bad game CD. Thank you. |
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Thank you mike I will try it. snakeyes
-----Original Message----- It would appear that you have mixed file versions for DirectX. The file ddraw.dll isn't missing but rather not the version that is expected by d3d8.dll. You can check this for yourself by running DXDIAG (the DirectX diagnostics program) from Start | Run. That is click Start | Run and enter DXDIAG and then click OK. If you find you that dxdiag reports problems my advice would be to download and install the latest version of DirectX (9c) from the Windows Update site or from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/default.aspx? url=/windows/directx/downloads/default.htm -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP snakeyes wrote: Hi, I have two machines with win98 and winME and I tried to install a software program on one machine and it would not install it gave me an error message (the D3D8.DLL file is linked to missing export DDRAW.DLLLock CB). So I tried putting it on the other machine same thing except it allowed me to install it and when I tried to play it, I got the same message. So I tried my brothers machine that has XP on it, it would not even try to install. Anyone know whats wrong. Maybe a bad game CD. Thank you. . |
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Well mike I tried what you suggested and I did find that
one of the machines did have a problem with the direct sound so I upgraded to a newer direct x. The software still will not work right, must be a bad cd. Taking it back thanks for the help. -----Original Message----- snakeyes wrote: Thank you mike I will try it. snakeyes Please let us all know how you get on. Cheers, -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP . |
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Sorry to read you didn't manage to fix the problem. It appears as if the
game might be looking for an older version of Direct X which shouldn't normally be a problem but seems to be so in this case. Regards, -- http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/nichol.mspx In memory of a very dear friend, Windows MVP Alex Nichol Mike Maltby MS-MVP snakeyes wrote: Well mike I tried what you suggested and I did find that one of the machines did have a problem with the direct sound so I upgraded to a newer direct x. The software still will not work right, must be a bad cd. Taking it back thanks for the help. |
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