Trying to Play an Old Game, will Installing Old Direct X Affect Anything?

I'm trying to play an old Windows 98 game on Windows 7.
The game is asking me to install DirectX 6.
If I choose to install them will this affect my system? (In other words will this stop newer games from being playable, stop flash websites from working, interfere with newer programs, etc.?)

windows-7

Best Answer

In Windows 7 (and Vista), some components of DirectX 9 (and possibly older DirectX versions) are not included by default (even if DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 are already installed). Installing DirectX 9.0c on Windows 7, on most cases, should also allow running of games that require DirectX versions prior to DirectX 9.

What I'd do in your case is to install the latest version of DirectX 9.0c (June 2010 update). Once it is installed, there should be no need to install DirectX versions prior to DirectX 9, even if a game installer prompts you to.

You can get the latest version of DirectX 9.0c (June 2010 update) here: Standalone Installer | Web Installer.

The Microsoft DirectX® End-User Runtime provides updates to 9.0c and previous versions of DirectX — the core Windows® technology that drives high-speed multimedia and games on the PC.

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Do I need to install DirectX for every game?

Okay, so every game has to install the exact minor version of the DirectX libraries it requires.

Can you have multiple versions of DirectX installed?

Yes, you can have two or more versions of dx installed at same time.

Do I need to download DirectX?

Normally, if the current operating system you're running is Windows 10, you don't need to download DirectX 12, because it is an integral part of Windows 10. You can follow the instructions below to check which version of DirectX is installed on your PC: On your keyboard, press the Windows logo key and type dxdiag.

Do I need to install DirectX 9 if I have DirectX 11?

Yes it should be fine. DX11 is backwards compatible with DX9. You will never have more than 1 version of DX in Windows OS.

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