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by lengwei6803

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My PC is running on Windows 98 and recently installed DirectX8.0.After installation I type in
DXdiag at the start run program to check and test my directX but unfortunately i encountered
this error message "dxdiag error, Error=could not load RICHED32.dll".Please help me out
how to tackle this problem or would this problem would effect my games playing.Previuosly my
system is running on DirectX6.0.
Thank you.

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by dmiles

The riched32.dll file may be damaged
Click Start,Search,select Find-Files or Folders,type in riched32.dll and search the drive,then click find,when file is located right-click the file and rename the file
Riched32.dll(new),clos and reboot computer.
hope this helps
Ref: microsoft knowledgbase article Q218838

by ron larson

DX 8.0 is an older version, if you can remove it do so, it may be corrected by running scandisk, I would then use windows update and load the new version 8.0a from the update site, also when you load it make sure you disable your antivirus

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