Problem with games and DirectX in Windows 10 Technical Preview

Anonymous
2014-10-06T23:58:31+00:00

After installing Windows 10 Technical Preview (a clean install) pretty much 99% of my games stopped working. Most of these I got on Steam, so when I try to play one, it starts the first-time setup, where it tries to install DirectX and then it just returns to desktop. If I try again, it just does the same, but if it's one of the few games which don't install it when running them the first time (i.e., Binding of Isaac), then it has no problems.

After that, I tried to play a couple of relatively new games I got from GoG, but they gave me error messages when trying to install DirectX. They still install, but if I try to play them they don't run because they can't find DirectX-related dlls in the computer.

According to Dxdiag, though, DirectX 11 is installed. Reading forums, it seems to me that most people can play games with no problem with the Tech Preview, but some can't because Windows 10 doesn't recognize their graphic cards, and they have to switch to integrated graphics. I can't do this, as my motherboard doesn't have them, but at least when checking system information it seems that the OS recognizes the card (a Radeon Hd 4870, not exactly cutting edge stuff...), so not sure if it's the same, though it might be, as I tried installing the latest drivers for Windows 7/8 and couldn't. Has anybody had similar problems? And did anyone manage to solve them, and how?

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Anonymous
2015-06-25T04:17:20+00:00

Hi,

I would suggest you to provide the feedback in the feedback app so that it will be implemented in the future Builds.

Updates and feedback

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/preview-updates-feedback-pc

Hope this helps. Let us know if you have any other issues with Windows in future.

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-08-31T19:30:30+00:00

    I've got the exact same problem with my games, and I've had no help from the two wombats they have running the support team.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-08-28T14:34:53+00:00

    If Microsoft doesn't go bankrupt in ten years, I will live stream eating 50 chicken wings on Youtube.

    Unless Google goes bankrupt first, obviously...

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-08-28T14:21:39+00:00

    Microsoft is doing so bad at recent windows releases.

    When I get upgraded to windows 8, I spent the whole night in order to get rid of the stupid new start menu. When I search online for help, I get Microsoft's answer as "you will get used to it". At last I had to install a 3rd party start menu replacement.

    This morning, after I postponed several times the windows 10 update, it happens without my permission when I wake up my computer. I was planning to get in a World of Warcraft raid! I waited for 45 minutes for the updates to installed, and again had to search online to get rid of the stupid search box on the task bar which takes too much space, then met this error.

    If Microsoft doesn't go bankrupt in ten years, I will live stream eating 50 chicken wings on Youtube.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-08-19T11:18:32+00:00

    now when i download the new version of directx by this link it sys file corrupt

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