DirectX SDK wont install

[Alec Williams]

hello everyone, today, i installed Grand Theft Auto V on my PC, and it gave a dll error, related to a DirectX issue. I went and got DirectX SDK from microsoft, and when I try to install it, it gives an error and tells me to look in DXError.log. the following is from the log:

[04/21/16 21:46:39] module: DXWSetup(Feb 4 2010), file: dxwsetup.cpp, line: 219, function: CDXWSetup::InitInstallEngine

Sections are not initialized.

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[04/21/16 21:46:39] module: DXWSetup(Feb 4 2010), file: psheets.cpp, line: 472, function: PreinstDlgProc

CDXWSetup::InitInstallEngine() failed.

is there any way to fix this?

 

[R-T-B]

I would start by opening a command prompt and running "sfc /scannow"

Post the results.

Or, just try this if it errors out and you are impatient.

run (in command prompt)
Dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /ScanHealth
then run
Dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup
then run
dism.exe /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
(this last command gets a copy of the file from a trusted online source)

Try your game install then.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Is this Steam?

Use this program:
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/prerequisite-modifier-for-steam.183573/

For the app ID, enter: 271590

Right click on DirectX in the list and click Install. Close the Prerequisite Modifier. Follow the setup prompts. When it is finished, the game should launch.


If not Steam, download and install this (make sure to uncheck Microsoft's gotchas):
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8109

 

[Alec Williams]

I would start by opening a command prompt and running "sfc /scannow"

Post the results.

Or, just try this if it errors out and you are impatient.

run (in command prompt)
Dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /ScanHealth
then run
Dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup
then run
dism.exe /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
(this last command gets a copy of the file from a trusted online source)

Try your game install then.

this is what i got running sfc /scannow

 

[FordGT90Concept]

What does that file say? C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log

 

[Alec Williams]

What does that file say? C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log

this is the log file, its extremely long...

 

[FordGT90Concept]

The errors look minor/unimportant.

Edit: There's some errors in the SoftwareDistribution folder. Could follow these instructions:
http://www.blackmanticore.com/30becce9a227e690c0ae63bedc26c9be

Likely won't fix DirectX though. Try what I said in my first post.

 

[Alec Williams]

The errors look minor/unimportant.

either way, thank you, the DirectX version in the link above worked

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Post-mortem: you were trying to install via the DirectX Web Installer and...well...it's garbage. Most likely a download got corrupted somewhere down the line and it failed to finish installing. That said, it probably wouldn't have made GTA5 work anyway because the DX Web Installer updates the API where games like GTA5 use a redistributable that is packaged separately from the DX API. It doesn't make any sense, I know. That's Microsoft logic for you.

 

[R-T-B]

Post-mortem: you were trying to install via the DirectX Web Installer and...well...it's garbage. Most likely a download got corrupted somewhere down the line and it failed to finish installing. That said, it probably wouldn't have made GTA5 work anyway because the DX Web Installer updates the API where games like GTA5 use a redistributable that is packaged separately from the DX API. It doesn't make any sense, I know. That's Microsoft logic for you.

Thanks for picking up where my trail left off man. Good diagnostics.