

Press Windows + R, type cmd, and press Enter to open Command Prompt. You can click Start or the search box at the taskbar, type dxdiag, and select dxdiag Run command to open it.

Note that the release date listed may change over time. Press Windows + R, type dxdiag in Run dialog, and press Enter to quickly launch dxdiag.exe on Windows 10/11. The description of this download MUST say "Microsoft DirectX End-User Runtime provides updates to 9.0c" (see Figure 1.). Then pick the DirectX End-User Runtime Web Installer. Sort the resulting list Newest to Oldest. Latest DirectX End-User Runtime(FREE from Microsoft Download Center). Important Note: Microsoft often releases updates to DirectX without updating the version number or letter so be sure to install the latest release even if your version is technically the same. The download is approximately 90-100 Megabytes. Installation typically takes 20 to 40 minutes to complete. Look for the latest DirectX End-User Runtime (NOT the Software Developers Kit SDK which has a lot extra files you don't need ). This can fix errors with missing DirectX Dll files and install important fixes and performance enhancements.

This information is provided only for users of older versions. Attention: DirectX 9.0c is no longer required as a pre-requisite for the latest Version/release of any of our products.
