Microsoft KB Archive/160464

= Neverhood Err Msg: Cannot Locate Ddraw.dll =

Article ID: 160464

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft DreamWorks Interactive The Neverhood

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This article was previously published under Q160464



SYMPTOMS
You may receive the following error message when you attempt to start The Neverhood or the program demo:

Error "cannot locate ddraw.dll"

This error message can occur if you do not have DirectX installed on your computer or if DirectX is not installed correctly.



CAUSE
The Neverhood installs DirectX version 3.0. If you had DirectX installed on your computer before you installed The Neverhood or the program demo, you may have an older version of DirectX.

Additionally, DirectX may be installed improperly, or not at all.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, make sure you have the latest version of DirectX installed on your computer. You can obtain the latest version of DirectX from the Microsoft DirectX Web site at the following Web address:

http://www.microsoft.com/directx

For more information about how to obtain the latest version of DirectX, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

179113 How to Download and Install DirectX

Additional query words: 1.0 dream works never hood demo directx faq dwi

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