been having a bit of a 'registry nightmare'!
anyhows im having to re-install a lot of software, while re-installing soundforge 7 (dodgy version i hasten to add!
) i get an error saying i have to re-install directx
when i run dxdiag it says 'directx version: not found'
i d/loaded the latest version from the microsoft website (dxwebsetup.exe), when i run it, it wont install and i get this error logged in /windows/dxerror.txt
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[07/05/06 17:32:16] module: DXWSetup(May 31 2006), file: psheets.cpp, line: 545, function: PreinstDlgProc
CDXWSetup is not initialized.
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[07/05/06 17:53:12] module: dxupdate(May 31 2006), file: dxupdate.cpp, line: 189, function: GetDXVersion
Failed API: RegQueryValueEx()
Error: (2) - The system cannot find the file specified.
Current DirectX may be a older version which does not have the version value in the registry.
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[07/05/06 17:53:12] module: dxupdate(May 31 2006), file: dxupdate.cpp, line: 4504, function: DirectXUpdateDownloadPlugIn
GetDXVersion() failed.
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[07/05/06 17:53:13] module: DXWSetup(May 31 2006), file: dxupdate.cpp, line: 386, function: DownloadPlugIn
DirectXUpdateDownloadPlugIn() failed.
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[07/05/06 17:53:13] module: DXWSetup(May 31 2006), file: psheets.cpp, line: 498, function: PreinstDlgProc
DownloadPlugIn() failed.
been doing this for the last week or so - tried everything i know
thinking of re-installing windows (also dodgy!
) next!
HELP!