Microsoft KB Archive/242556

= Age of Empires II Err Msg: A Required .Dll File, Dplayx.dll, Was Not Found =

Article ID: 242556

Article Last Modified on 10/17/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
 * Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Conquerors Expansion
 * Microsoft Age of Empires II Gold Edition

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This article was previously published under Q242556



SYMPTOMS
When you try to start Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings or Microsoft Age of Empires II Expansion: The Conquerors, you may receive the following error message:

A required .dll file, Dplayx.dll, was not found.



CAUSE
This issue may occur if Microsoft DirectPlay 6.1a or later is not installed on your computer.



Update Microsoft DirectX
To resolve this issue, download and install the latest version of DirectX. To do this, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/directx/aa937788.aspx

Additional query words: 2.00 aoe2 aok msgame setup installation

Keywords: kbenv kberrmsg kbprb kbsetup KB242556

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