DirectX is a crucial component of Windows 10, required by many multimedia applications. without direct file all the multimedia applications gets unable to execute properly. If you recently upgraded to Windows 10 and Windows is giving you an Error that Directx 10 is no longer present on your system
The DirectX errors on Windows 10 are very irritating situation, it interrupt the execution of many applications and Windows services.
Why This Error occur?
Windows 10 comes with Directx 12 although there are no titles right now but games do still run on Direct10 which is compatible with Windows 10, so all you have to do is install the Directx runtime and install all the updates old and new and fix the issue for Apps and Games to run as they should.
Quick Fix
Go to your Video Card or Graphics card manufacturer if you are a Gamer and update to the latest version of your graphics driver that windows 10 compatible manually for the best experience with games.
The DirectX errors on Windows 10 are very irritating situation, it interrupt the execution of many applications and Windows services.
Why This Error occur?
Windows 10 comes with Directx 12 although there are no titles right now but games do still run on Direct10 which is compatible with Windows 10, so all you have to do is install the Directx runtime and install all the updates old and new and fix the issue for Apps and Games to run as they should.
Quick Fix
Go to your Video Card or Graphics card manufacturer if you are a Gamer and update to the latest version of your graphics driver that windows 10 compatible manually for the best experience with games.
Lets Fix DirectX Errors On Windows 10
Run Hardware & Device troubleshooter
This is a pretty simple solution, and it will automatically check if your new hardware installed properly.
first move to Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Troubleshooting\ select on left side panel View All
Now Click on Hardware and Device and follow the instructions to run the troubleshooter
wait flew times to complete the troubleshooting process. after complete the troubleshooting restart the windows check problem solved.
Download Visual C++ Redistributables
Few users reported that installing Visual C++ Redistributables has fixed DirectX errors. Users recommend downloading and installing this package. If that package doesn’t work the list of all Visual C++ Redistributables can be found here.
Update your graphic card driver
Click Start and click on Run.
In the Run prompt, enter devmgmt.msc and then press OK button.
Device Manager window will appear.
In Device Manager you need to find Display adapters and click it to expand it.
Find your display driver from the list, it should be only one available, and right-click the display driver and then click
Update Driver Software.
Select Search Automatically for Updated Driver Software.
The installation process should do the rest automatically.
Reinstall graphic card drivers
Open the Device Manager by right click on this pc select manage on computer management windows.
Go to the Display Adapters section and find your Graphic Card driver. After it right click on the driver and select Uninstall.
Check on the Remove the driver software for this device and click OK.
Restart windows after restart open the graphic card manufacturer’s website and download the latest drivers for your graphic card. Install the downloaded drivers.
Replace corrupt or missing .dll files
Some time Replace .dll file may fix your direct x problem. fix DirectX errors on Windows 10 simply by downloading the missing .dll files and moving them to Windows\System32 (for 32-bit versions of Windows 10) or to Windows\SysWOW64 (for 64-bit versions of Windows 10) folder. This solution might not be the safest if you download these missing files from the internet, so keep that in mind. Alternatively, you can copy the missing .dll files from another computer that you use.
You can take the help of a professional DLL error Repair tool, this app will make you able to deal with all typos of DLL error with ease.
Perform A System Restore :
If you are getting the DLLerror just after doing any change to an important file or configuration then by restoring System could fix this issue with ease. see How To Perform A System Restore on windows 10.
Run sfc /scannow:
This command is to verify the System Files, via this command you can replace a missing or damage copy of the DLLfile (Only if this DLL file is provided by Microsoft).
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