Resident Evil 4 help

Discussion in 'Software' started by Perplexity, Dec 7, 2008.

  1. Perplexity

    Perplexity Private E-2

    When I double click the launcher it says game.exe has stopped working.

    Specs:1 GB Ram, Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 2.80GHz, Intel(R) 82945G Express Chipset Family.

    It is a Vista and people say that DirectX 10 isn't compatible with Resident Evil 4.

    Help!:yum
     
    Perplexity, Dec 7, 2008
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  2. Mimsy

    Mimsy Superior Imperial Queen of the MG Games Forum

    Did some research for you, and yes, RE4 uses DirectX 9, which isn't in Vista. However, I found a couple of gamers who had managed to get it to work by reinstalling DirectX from Microsoft's website. Worth a shot, certainly.
     
    Mimsy, Dec 7, 2008
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  3. Perplexity

    Perplexity Private E-2

    Okay I will give it a shot.
     
    Perplexity, Dec 8, 2008
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  4. Perplexity

    Perplexity Private E-2

    One question how do I uninstall direct X 10?
     
    Perplexity, Dec 13, 2008
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  5. Mimsy

    Mimsy Superior Imperial Queen of the MG Games Forum

    I don't think you can in Vista... it shipped with DirectX 10 built into the OS.

    This just occurred to me though.. have you tried running the game in compatibility mode for Windows XP or earlier?
     
    Mimsy, Dec 13, 2008
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  6. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hi

    Some have had sucess with Compatibility option as Mimsy mentions, but other ways around this are to get the Directx9 dll thats missing and add it to the main RE4 game folder in same location as launcher.exe in Program Files, the dll is this one http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?d3dx9_30
     
    DavidGP, Dec 14, 2008
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  7. Perplexity

    Perplexity Private E-2

    Yeah, turning off UAC, running as admin, and the WindowsXp service pack 2 compatibility.
     
    Perplexity, Dec 18, 2008
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  8. Perplexity

    Perplexity Private E-2

    Ok I will try it as A.S.A.P!!!
     
    Perplexity, Dec 18, 2008
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  9. Perplexity

    Perplexity Private E-2

    It didn't work. Still said game.exe stopped working.:cry
     
    Perplexity, Dec 21, 2008
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  10. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hi

    Pitty that with the options already, however I have re-looked at what files I have reguarding DX9 in my Vista 32bit install in System32 folder and at some point I have installed Dirextx9c as I have the files for that version as well as DX10, so either it was Nero 8 or one of the games likely Shadowrun or Crysis that installed parts of DX9 as in screenshot below.

    Do a system restore and try as Mimsy mentioned earlier installing DX9c Runtime
     
    Last edited: Jan 26, 2009
    DavidGP, Dec 22, 2008
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  11. Perplexity

    Perplexity Private E-2

    Okay I installed DirectX9. Where do I put the folder? I don't know what to do now.
     
    Perplexity, Dec 24, 2008
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  12. Mimsy

    Mimsy Superior Imperial Queen of the MG Games Forum

    They should have been automatically placed in the system folder when you installed them. Did you reboot? If do, try a completely clean reinstall of your game. Wipe all saves, all registry entries, everything... then try playing it again and see if it's working now.
     
    Mimsy, Dec 25, 2008
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  13. Perplexity

    Perplexity Private E-2

    Ok guys. you don't need to help me anymore. I will just buy it on the ps2. Thank you Mimsy and Halo for helping me out.:-D
     
    Perplexity, Dec 27, 2008
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