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Can somebody please help me. The problem i have is that i cant play my games anymore that i have already installed and played. The problem is when i put in the disk(e.g C+C Generals,Total Club Manager 2003) i get the option to play but as soon as i click play and try to play my game i get this message " The application or DLL C:/WINDOWS/System32/DINPUT8.dll is not a valid Windows image. Please check this against your installation diskette." i`m not sure if it is something to do with the Windows updates that i just got from the internet(i am using Windows XP)so if anybody knows how to sort this then i would greatly appreciate it.

This item was edited on Monday, 24th March 2003, 21:07

Sounds like your DirectX installation could be corrupted. Try installing DX9:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/downloads/drx90.asp

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Cheers thats what i thought was the problem because in one of the troubleshooting bits in C+C it says something about the dinput8 file being an old one and causing problems. So i downloaded directx9 but it did`nt seem to make a difference but thats because i dont if i am installing it properly. The reason is when i go to install it i go through the licensing agreement and then it comes to a bit where it just unzips some files and i dont know if its doing anything or if there is anything else to do.

Here is an uninstaller for DirectX 9

http://www.3dcenter.org/downloads/directx-dx9uninstaller.php

Also, have you tried using a system restore point?

Nick

Have thought about using a system restore point but not really to sure on how to do this yet so if anybody wants to tell me then cheers

System Restore:

Start>Programs>Accessories>System Tools>System Restore

Click the radio button for "restore my computer to an earlier time". Pick a date and follow the instructions.

I would then advise installng DirectX 9 or re-installing DirectX 8.1.

Good Luck

Nick

I think i`ve seen a similar error before, it was something to do with the joystick, have you removed something like this?

I dont have ajoystick or anything like it and too my knowledge have`nt removed anything like it