There is an indirect way that should wipe it completely


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Subject: There is an indirect way that should wipe it completely
Name: ludicrous
Date: 11/5/2001 10:23:32 AM (GMT-7)
IP Address: 138.67.74.229
In Reply to: How do I unistall/revert to previous version of DirectX? posted by Hugh
Message:

Specifically, I found this on a BBS somewhere. Supposedly this is a comprehensive list of DX8 files, just copy the commands to a batch file and run it from Safe Mode:

del c:\windows\system\ddraw.dll
del c:\windows\system\ddraw16.dll
del c:\windows\system\ddrawex.dll
del c:\windows\system\ddraw.vxd
del c:\windows\system\ddhelp.exe
del c:\windows\system\dxapi.sys
del c:\windows\system\d3d8.dll
del c:\windows\system\d3dref8.dll
del c:\windows\system\d3dim.dll
del c:\windows\system\d3dim700.dll
del c:\windows\system\d3dref.dll
del c:\windows\system\d3dramp.dll
del c:\windows\system\d3drm.dll
del c:\windows\system\d3xof.dll
del c:\windows\system\d3dpmesh.dll
del c:\windows\system\dplayx.dll
del c:\windows\system\dpmodemx.dll
del c:\windows\system\dpwsockx.dll
del c:\windows\system\dplaysvr.exe
del c:\windows\system\dpmsvr.exe
del c:\windows\system\dpnet.dll
del c:\windows\system\dpnwsock.dll
del c:\windows\system\dpnaddr.dll
del c:\windows\system\dpnmodem.dll
del c:\windows\system\dpvoice.dll
del c:\windows\system\dpvsetup.exe
del c:\windows\system\dpvvox.dll
del c:\windows\system\dpvacm.dll
del c:\windows\system\dinput.dll
del c:\windows\system\dinput8.dll
del c:\windows\system\dinput.vxd
del c:\windows\system\dimap.dll
del c:\windows\system\diactfrm.dll
del c:\windows\system\vjoyd.vxd
del c:\windows\system\joyhid.vxd
del c:\windows\system\joy.cpl
del c:\windows\system\gcdef.dll
del c:\windows\system\gchand.dll
del c:\windows\system\pid.dll
del c:\windows\system\gameenum.sys
del c:\windows\system\dsound.dll
del c:\windows\system\dsound3d.dll
del c:\windows\system\dsound.vxd
del c:\windows\system\dswave.dll
del c:\windows\system\dsdmo.dll
del c:\windows\system\dsdmoprp.dll
del c:\windows\system\dmusic.dll
del c:\windows\system\dmusic16.dll
del c:\windows\system\dmusic32.dll
del c:\windows\system\dmband.dll
del c:\windows\system\dmcompos.dll
del c:\windows\system\dmime.dll
del c:\windows\system\dmloader.dll
del c:\windows\system\dmstyle.dll
del c:\windows\system\dmsynth.dll
del c:\windows\system\dmscript.dll
del c:\windows\system\dx7vb.dll
del c:\windows\system\dx8vb.dll
del c:\windows\system\amstream.dll
del c:\windows\system\devenum.dll
del c:\windows\system\dxmasf.dll
del c:\windows\system\mciqtz.drv
del c:\windows\system\mciqtz32.dll
del c:\windows\system\mpg2splt.ax
del c:\windows\system\qcap.dll
del c:\windows\system\qdv.dll
del c:\windows\system\qdvd.dll
del c:\windows\system\quartz.dll
del c:\windows\system\quartz.vxd
del c:\windows\system\strmdll.dll
del c:\windows\system\vidx16.dll
del c:\windows\system\iac25_32.ax
del c:\windows\system\ir41_32.ax
del c:\windows\system\ir41_qc.dll
del c:\windows\system\ir41_qcx.dll
del c:\windows\system\ir50_32.dll
del c:\windows\system\ir50_qc.dll
del c:\windows\system\ir50_qcx.dll
del c:\windows\system\ivfsrc.ax
del c:\windows\system\mswebdvd.dll
del c:\windows\system\ksproxy.ax
del c:\windows\system\ksuser.dll
del c:\windows\system\mpg2splt.ax
del c:\windows\system32\drivers\swenum.sys
del c:\windows\system32\drivers\hidgame.sys
del c:\windows\system32\drivers\ks.sys
del c:\windows\system32\drivers\stream.sys
del c:\windows\system32\drivers\mskssrv.sys
del c:\windows\system32\drivers\mstee.sys
del c:\windows\system32\drivers\mspclock.sys
deltree c:\windows\system\directx\


This will in turn leave numerous registry errors. Run Microsoft's RegClean utility to get rid of them, then install the DirectX version you need.

That list AFAIK applies to DirectX 8.0 but I would expect it to pretty much eliminate DX 8-anything...

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