Problem installed DirectX 8 SDK

Problem installed DirectX 8 SDK

• ddani

  This sounds similar to a problem we had with integration in Visual Studio 7.0 and 7.1. 
  
  Are you sure it's the 8.0 version or one of the 8.1 releases
  
  If it's DirectX 8.1 then the problem you are running into is most likely related to your installation of Visual Studio and MSDN.  There was a problem early on with some of the integration tools merging the documentation with VS 7.0.  Unfortunately the failure usually causes the DX 8.0 SDK to fail rather quickly.  If you update the MSDN installation to a more current release, it may correct it.  But I haven't always found that to work.
  
  Is there any reason you're developing with the DirectX 8 SDK instead of the the newer DirectX 9 SDK   This problem was corrected there.
  
  Thanks,
  Gary Yukish
  Microsoft DirectX SDK
  

  
  
  

• Shadamus

  Japheth wrote:

  I have Windows XP and I can't istall DirectX 8 SDK on it. It installs really quickly and it says it's installed under the Programs list but there's nothing there. I heard Windows XP has problems with DirectX 8 SDK, but I don't know how to fix them. I found a site on google on the topic, but the link was old.

  
  
  Can you post or mail me the c:\windows\directx.log file that is produced during the install
  
  
  
  

• ewjonker

  Japheth wrote:

  I have Windows XP and I can't istall DirectX 8 SDK on it.

  
  Is there any particular reason why you are trying to install DX8 when DX9b is readily available Download the DX9b SDK and try installing that; I'm running Windows XP too, and 9b works fine for me.
  
  
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