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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

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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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.

RESOLUTION

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

Microsoft KB Archive/242556

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