Direct X 8.1 Problem in Windows 10 - Game Opening Error
Direct X 8.1 Problem in Windows 10 - Game Opening Error.
DirectX issues in Windows 10 are the common ache for a plentitude of users that reside in the gaming world.
One of those errors affects a lot of users that are keen to play some older, legacy titles. Allegedly, they keep seeing the ”This application requires DirectX version 8.1 or greater to run‘ prompt.
This basically means that, even though you have DirectX 11 or 12 installed, it just won’t cut it for older applications. In order to help you resolve this peculiar and rather complex problem, we provided some solutions in this tutorial.
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops,and tablets running the Windows 10 operating system (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba,Lenovo, and Samsung).