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by dav.owen

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A friend has somehow removed the file Dxsetup.exe and now he cannot enable DirectX 3D accellerator. As a result his DVD will not work nor can he play some games.

He is running Windows 98 (2nd ed)I have tried re-installing Windows and other graphics software and updated DirectX to 8 but to no avail.The registry contains some entries related to dxsetup.

Anyone have any ideas on how to recover this file.

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by thechas

I looked through my W98 system, and do not have a file named dxsetup.

I suspect that this file is part of the video driver for his card.

Start by updating the chipset (motherboard) drivers.
Then, re-install directX again.
Finish with the latest version of the video card drivers.

If that does not take care of the problem, the file may be part of a 3rd party DirectX control panel.
Look for utilities on the driver CD that both the motherboard, and the video card.

Come to think of it, it may also be part of a sound driver.

Chas

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