Problem installed DirectX 8 SDK

Japheth wrote:

I have Windows XP and I can't istall DirectX 8 SDK on it. It installs really quickly and it says it's installed under the Programs list but there's nothing there. I heard Windows XP has problems with DirectX 8 SDK, but I don't know how to fix them. I found a site on google on the topic, but the link was old.

Can you post or mail me the c:\windows\directx.log file that is produced during the install?

PaulBleisch at 2007-9-9 >

This sounds similar to a problem we had with integration in Visual Studio 7.0 and 7.1.

Are you sure it's the 8.0 version or one of the 8.1 releases?

If it's DirectX 8.1 then the problem you are running into is most likely related to your installation of Visual Studio and MSDN. There was a problem early on with some of the integration tools merging the documentation with VS 7.0. Unfortunately the failure usually causes the DX 8.0 SDK to fail rather quickly. If you update the MSDN installation to a more current release, it may correct it. But I haven't always found that to work.

Is there any reason you're developing with the DirectX 8 SDK instead of the the newer DirectX 9 SDK? This problem was corrected there.

Thanks,
Gary Yukish
Microsoft DirectX SDK

GaryYukish at 2007-9-9 >