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== Installation ==The DirectX Diagnostic Tool can also be opened by running 'dxdiag'* Start, Run, type: ''''dxdiag''''The new [http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-US/AboutGFW/Pages/DirectX10.aspx Microsoft Games for Windows DirectX 10] page has the installer and steps to install.  The web site is operated by Microsoft, it is not a 3rd party site.  It is interesting to note that DirectX is necessary for some video capture software, which is not game related, yet Microsoft makes the existence and download point entirely game oriented.Windows XP: The support for Windows XP with Service Pack 3 ends April 8, 2014.  As on 2014, the Latest Version of Direct X for XP is '''DirectX Version 9.0c'''.  This will likely be the last version released for XP. DirectX 11.2 is included in Windows 8.1, Windows RT and Windows Server 2012 R2.   == Installation ==* Go Directly to the DirectX 10 download at Microsoft.com* Go Directly to the DirectX download at Microsoft.com: [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=2DA43D38-DB71-4C1B-BC6A-9B6652CD92A3&displaylang=en DirectX End-User Runtime Web Installer]: [http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=7087 DirectX Installer]* [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=FFF5ED7D-3446-4583-B2C9-8DB1BC10B16E&displaylang=en DirectX End-User Runtimes download page].* <del>DirectX End-User Runtimes download page</del> - ''Microsoft removed this page''.* [http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=7087 DirectX End-User Runtimes] download page.* [http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8109 DirectX End-User Runtimes (June 2010)] There is no standalone update package for DirectX 11.2. You can only install this DirectX version through Windows Update in Windows 8.1, Windows RT and Windows Server 2012 R2.
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