Download the missing DLLs

Note: these installers will not install DirectX 9.0c, they will only install the missing dlls from the SDK updates. Most people should have DirectX 9.0c as part of Windows XP SP2 but if you do not you can get it here: DirectX 9.0c. You can also use the online Microsoft update page here: Microsoft Web Installer

Name Installs D3DX DLL Download sites D3DX February 2005 Update d3dx9_24.dll shdon, gamedev ,threelights D3DX April 2005 Update d3dx9_25.dll shdon, gamedev ,threelights D3DX June 2005 Update d3dx9_26.dll shdon, gamedev ,threelights D3DX August 2005 Update d3dx9_27.dll shdon, gamedev ,threelights D3DX October 2005 Update No change   D3DX December 2005 Update d3dx9_28.dll shdon,threelights D3DX February 2006 Update d3dx9_29.dll shdon,threelights D3DX April 2006 Update d3dx9_30.dll xinput1_1.dll threelights D3DX June 2006 Update No change threelights D3DX August 2006 Update xinput1_2.dll threelights D3DX October 2006 Update d3dx9_31.dll xinput1_3.dll threelights D3DX December 2006 Update d3dx9_32.dll threelights D3DX February 2007 Update No change threelights D3DX April 2007 Update d3dx9_33.dll Microsoft Web Installer

Matthias Langer of ThreeLights has kindly combined the downloads into one making it very easy to install. See his site to download.

Note: if you are missing d3dx9d_xx.dll files e.g. d3dx9d_29.dll these files are debug versions of the libraries for development purposes only. Nobody should be distributing these in an application. To use these you need the full DirectX SDK.

The xinput dlls are for the Microsoft common controller library and are used for things like the Xbox 360 common controller