Uninstalling DirectX 9

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Among all the windows Application Programming Interface (API) DirectX is know to be the popular one. This API is used to perform high-end tasks like gaming, game programming and video editing, all multimedia tasks. The DirectX is designed to give multimedia files, access to multimedia hardware devices like sound, video cards, game devices and network peripherals.

Microsoft XP comes in-built with DirectX 8.1, which means all you have to do is upgrade it to the stable version of 9, (however 10 is the most recent version), if your work involves multimedia. The reason to upgrade is to make sure you have the latest patches and security hot fixes, which must reduce the errors connected with DirectX! So if you haven’t updated it yet, its time to do that!

If you have anyone like your son who loves to play computer games, then upgrading is important. Latest games always are so sophisticated and hence need a latest version of DirectX. If you are an avid PC gamer, then you might already have the latest version of DirectX. Not just that you need to upgrade it only if you play games, upgrading also enhances the PC’s performance. Like the video editing tool that needs the latest version to even execute!

Currently DirectX 9 is the most used version. The features in this latest version are optimized to work with gaming controller, so that you have better gaming experience. Other softwares will also, do great if you have the latest version of DirectX that is 9! The only drawback that I can find from this DirectX 9 is that it doesn’t come with an uninstaller. That means you can’t uninstall it automatically like any other software programs or applications. You need to manually remove it from your computer. This article will walk you through the manual uninstallation process.

Why you want to uninstall DirectX 9?

Because if you want to install the most recent version of DirectX 10, then you need to do that! Also the case with if any of your latest games or video editing softwares are not depending on DirectX 9 anymore, so you need to remove the version 9 and move to 10!

Uninstalling DirectX 9 and Installing DirectX 10!

1. The first step is to uninstall DirectX 9. But before that you must do a clean boot up of your PC.
2. To clean boot – click start menu > run > type msconfig > select Selective Startup checkbox > unselect all other options below it > Service tab > Click Hide all Microsoft Services > press disable all button > click ok and exit the msconfig utility. Reboot your PC! – You made a clean boot!
3. Now go to Microsoft.com and download DirectX and install it! This will manually uninstall DirectX 9 and install DirectX 10!
4. If your PC is new, and you just need to uninstall DirectX 9 alone, then you can use a system restore to restore to the timeline just before the installation of DirectX 9!

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