Does anyone know where can I get older version of DirectX viewer?

[AlexN]

Does anyone know where can I get older version of DirectX viewer? I just downloaded the Apr07 SDK, the DirectX viewer doesn't work anymore. I think any version up from Dec06 depends on DX 10, so everytime I try to load a .x file, it crashes.

I don't want to re-install a older version SDK just to get that DX viewer. Any help would be appreciated.


Thanks.

[AlexN]

Reinstalled the Oct06 SDK, everything works fine now. :)

So, if your dev machine is XP, that is the latest working version you can get.

[Josh1billion]

So, if your dev machine is XP, that is the latest working version you can get.
So the newest DirectX SDK is already Vista-only? I could understand this after a few years, but not just a few months after Vista's release-- damn, Microsoft really wants us to upgrade immediately.

Well, I guess it's because apparently Vista handles graphics extremely differently. That's what I read in a magazine not long ago, anyway.

[Backov]

So the newest DirectX SDK is already Vista-only? I could understand this after a few years, but not just a few months after Vista's release-- damn, Microsoft really wants us to upgrade immediately.

Well, I guess it's because apparently Vista handles graphics extremely differently. That's what I read in a magazine not long ago, anyway.

No, that's not the case. The DX viewer specifically has all sorts of issues lately though. It doesn't even work correctly on Vista right now.

[AlexN]

So the newest DirectX SDK is already Vista-only?

Not really, only the DX viewer. If you run Dependency Walker on it, you can see it depends on two DLLs that XP doesn't have (D3DX10.DLL, DWMAPI.DLL).

[Backov]

Not really, only the DX viewer. If you run Dependency Walker on it, you can see it depends on two DLLs that XP doesn't have (D3DX10.DLL, DWMAPI.DLL).

The source comes with the SDK, so it may also be fixable.