Direct X may have a problem which may explain my random game crashes i still recieve?

But trying to play the total war demo it fails to run. i went to the folder and found this though!



any ideas?

reinstall the game ^.^

That won't help Wynney.

Try downloading the DirectX updater from Microsoft, and try that. Failing that are you running 64-bit windows?

I am running 64 bit!

i was wondering if i needed to install direct X 9 although 10 is installed
somethign makes me think direct x 10 misses some files games want unless you had direct X 9.

also re-downloaded 3 times wynney defrag and verified cache 3 times also......

basically you try to play it and it goes launching game......then instantly closes and brings up windows has a problem .......

EDIT:

02/26/09 21:47:26: dsetup32: start finalizing: phase: 108 - 108, total: 0 - 135
02/26/09 21:47:27: dsetup32: Installation ended with value 0 = Installation succeeded
02/26/09 21:47:27: DSETUP: DllMain(): CloseHandle() failed, error = 6.

Apparently my handle is invalid.

google the file name, download it and put it into C:\Windows\SYSWOW64

# Restart your computer if you haven't yet.

The d3dx9_40.dll error might be a fluke and a simple restart could clear it up completely.

# Install the latest version of Microsoft DirectX 9. Chances are, upgrading to the latest version of DirectX 9 will fix the d3dx9_40.dll not found error.

except when i try to download and re-install direct x 9 it fails