How Do You Determine Directx Version?
DirectX is a set of application programming interfaces (APIs) developed by Microsoft in 1995 to facilitate programming games and other multimedia applications for the Windows operating system. At the time, MS-DOS was considered a better and easier platform for game programming; with the release of Windows 95, Microsoft wanted to make it just as easy for programmers to create games. DirectX has gone through many versions since that initial version, and it is important to know which version your system is running, since newer games usually require the latest version of DirectX to run. Click “Start” in the Windows taskbar. Click “Run,” if you are using Windows 95 through XP. If you are using Windows Vista, click the search bar in the Start menu. Type “dxdiag” into the Run or Search bar, depending on the version of Windows you are using, and press “Enter.” This opens the DirectX Diagnostic Tool that is built into Windows. Look at the System tab. The DirectX version you are running will be
