I've installed several games over the past year which inexplicably demanded to re-install DirectX 9.0c now I know why.Īt least Vista stops the madness by finally changing the version number to DirectX 9.0L. It's impossible to tell what version of DirectX 9.0 you're actually running. DirectX for Windows 9.0C Microsoft Corporation User rating Installed through our safe & fast downloader ( more info) Download A free APIs collection DirectX is Microsofts application programming interface developed to facilitate complex multimedia-related tasks, especially game and video programming. The versions are all fully backwards compatible, of course, but why is Microsoft abusing version numbers this way?

So do you want version 9.0c, 9.0c, 9.0c, or perhaps. DirectX for Windows 9.0C Microsoft Corporation User rating Installed through our safe & fast downloader ( more info) Download A free APIs collection DirectX is Microsoft's application programming interface developed to facilitate complex multimedia-related tasks, especially game and video programming. It is not known why Microsoft has not used new version numbers for the updates to DX9.0c - including the December 2005 update versioning could now be at DX9.0j, although this is nowhere reflected in the internal code. But Microsoft has surreptitiously been updating DirectX 9.0c since August 2005 without incrementing the version number.

Has anyone noticed that Microsoft defines 'version' a little loosely when it comes to DirectX 9.0c? Here's a screenshot of the DirectX 9.0c download page on FileHippo:ĭirectX 9.0c was originally released in August 2004, according to the DirectX Wikipedia entry.

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