Uninstall of directx5 ?

anyone know the easy way to uninstall directx5 ? It has *totally* messed up my Nascar2 play in win95.... steering now has a huge dead zone.... and the frame rate is awful now.... worked fine before.... helllllllp ! :) -- Handy^Man IVGA 4924 ~~pulling for #8 in 1998 ! :)~~ ICQ 3551448 GOoooo #3 !!

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> > anyone know the easy way to uninstall directx5 ? > > It has *totally* messed up my Nascar2 play in win95.... > > steering now has a huge dead zone.... > > and the frame rate is awful now.... worked fine before.... > > helllllllp ! :) > Anyways, double click on the DirectX icon > (it's a blue & yellow icon), and you can then find an option to > uninstall DirectX 5.0 or even change back to your previous install of > DirectX.

There is no simple way to uninstall DirectX5...the only option you have (according to Microsoft) is to revert back to your previous video card/ sound card drivers. Microsoft considers DirectX as part of the Win95 operating system and that's why no true uninstall option is provided. Going to the Add/Remove programs and selecting remove DirectX will only take you back to the "Restore drivers" section of DirectX. The only way to uninstall DirectX5 (or earlier) is to use the following method that I wrote a few months back. Good luck! Information is stored in the Win95 registry about which version of DirectX is installed and other parameters/settings relating to DirectX. The procedure outlined below allows you to remove enough of DirectX (although not every single bit of it) to let you reinstall it...any older version, all the way down to DirectX1. Be warned: the following procedure involves deleting certain Win95 registry keys that, if done incorrectly, -could- render your nicely running Win95 useless and you'll have to reinstall it and all your other applications. Do the following at your own risk. I won't be held responsible if you***up your system. If you don't know about "regedit" or "regback", you probably shouldn't be doing the procedure. *Win95 OEM Service Release 2 (OSR2) Update 9/9/97 I have obtained a copy of OSR2 and have tested this procedure with it. It works the same as indicated below. The only problem I had was with deleting the dsound*.* files. Since I did a clean install of OSR2, I was not using any updated drivers except for the Matrox Millennium 3.70 drivers. I did not install updated drivers for my Sound Blaster AWE64 Gold and was using the original drivers that were installed along with OSR2 (if any -were- installed...DirectX2 was "automatically" installed along with OSR2 and I suspect that the AWE64 was using DirectSound exclusively). When I deleted these two files, I got the "blue screen of death" upon rebooting. The fix was to boot into "safe mode", go into "system properties/device manager/sound, video and game controllers" remove anything AWE64 related from the system, then redetect the AWE64 using "add new hardware" and install the current drivers. This problem does -not- happen if you already have updated drivers on your system before removing DX5. Using regedit, regback (included on the Win95 cd), or Norton registry editor, back up your entire registry to a backup folder/disk. Also backup the all files listed below. If something happens, at least you'll have the backups to revert to. Using regedit or Norton registry editor, delete the following entries (delete the whole key/folder): HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Direct3D /DirectDraw /DirectPlay /DirectX *Update 9/6/97 To get rid of the DirectX5 OEM controllers list, (different controllers are listed when DirectX3.0b or below is installed) delete the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/System/CurrentControlSet/Control/MediaProperties/ PrivateProperties/Joystick/OEM This rids the Control Panel/Joystick/Joystick selection list of the new controllers such as the "ThrustmasterT1T2 with adapter/without adapter". You -will- have to reinstall your joystick drivers if you delete this registry key. Reinstalling DirectX3.0b or below will restore the old controllers list. If you want to keep the newer DirectX5 controllers, don't delete this registry key. Using Explorer, delete the following folder: C:\Program Files\directx Then shut down to MS-DOS mode and delete the following files: C:\win95\system\ddhelp.exe \ddraw*.* \dsound*.* \dinput*.* \d3d*.* \dplayx.dll \dpmodemx.dll \dpwsockx.dll *Update 9/6/97 The previous release of this procedure left "Old DirectPlay" from an early version of DirectX still installed. These files don't have to be deleted if you only want to get rid of DirectX5. Old DirectPlay is still used by some games, (I have no idea which ones) so the choice is up to you if you want these removed or not. Reinstalling DirectX3 or above will -not- reinstall old DirectPlay. Delete the following files: C:\win95\system\dplaysvr.exe \dpwsock.dll \dpserial.dll \dplay.dll If you also installed the new DirectX5 control panel, delete the following file: C:\win95\system\directx.cpl If you delete DirectX 5 and reinstall an earlier version, the file "joy.cpl" (the joystick control panel applet) will not be overwritten, and it will not work with earlier versions of DirectX. This is the problem that some are describing as not being able to calibrate in Win95 because the program "flashes on, then immediately disappears". Delete: C:\win95\system\vjoyd.vxd \joy.cpl Now, restart the system and install the DirectX version of your choice. I have successfully reinstalled DirectX 1 through DirectX 3.0b (and also the dreaded DX50. You may also need to re-install your newest Monster3D/R3D drivers. If you use a combo 2D/3D card like the Intergraph Reactor, Sierra Screamin' 3D or Hercules Stingray 128/3D, then it -seems- likely you'll have to reinstall those drivers also (I am -not- sure of this since I have not tested these cards). The above procedure was created because installing DX5 introduced severe stuttering and a performance drop in iF22 (Imagic). The only way to restore the prior performance was by doing a full restore of Win95 (and my C: drive) from a previous backup with DirectX3.0b on it. All my other apps performed about the same after installing DX5. Thanks go to JD for the joystick info/testing and Eric J. Joiner Jr. for some Win95 OSR2 info. -- Sergey Zakharov To reply, replace "nospam" with my organization.

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> anyone know the easy way to uninstall directx5 ? > It has *totally* messed up my Nascar2 play in win95.... > steering now has a huge dead zone.... > and the frame rate is awful now.... worked fine before.... > helllllllp ! :) > -- > Handy^Man > IVGA 4924 ~~pulling for #8 in 1998 ! :)~~ > ICQ 3551448 GOoooo #3 !!

DirectX 5.0 should have installed a new icon of its own in the Control Panel (it also changes your "joystick" icon in Control Panel to a "game controllers" icon instead). Anyways, double click on the DirectX icon (it's a blue & yellow icon), and you can then find an option to uninstall DirectX 5.0 or even change back to your previous install of DirectX.

BZZZZZZZ... sorry, wrong answer...... but thanks for playing :) hehee...I thought it would be this easy, too... but found differently. in Reality...I ended up hacking the ***outta the registry, and deleting the pertinent files, and doing a re-install of directx3.

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> > anyone know the easy way to uninstall directx5 ? > > It has *totally* messed up my Nascar2 play in win95.... > > steering now has a huge dead zone.... > > and the frame rate is awful now.... worked fine before.... > > helllllllp ! :) > > -- > > Handy^Man > > IVGA 4924 ~~pulling for #8 in 1998 ! :)~~ > > ICQ 3551448 GOoooo #3 !! > DirectX 5.0 should have installed a new icon of its own in the Control > Panel (it also changes your "joystick" icon in Control Panel to a "game > controllers" icon instead). Anyways, double click on the DirectX icon > (it's a blue & yellow icon), and you can then find an option to > uninstall DirectX 5.0 or even change back to your previous install of > DirectX.

-- Handy^Man IVGA 4924 ~~pulling for #8 in 1998 ! :)~~ ICQ 3551448 GOoooo #3 !!

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> There is no simple way to uninstall DirectX5...the only option you have > (according to Microsoft) is to revert back to your previous video card/ > sound card drivers. Microsoft considers DirectX as part of the Win95 > operating system and that's why no true uninstall option is provided. > Going to the Add/Remove programs and selecting remove DirectX will only > take you back to the "Restore drivers" section of DirectX. The only way > to uninstall DirectX5 (or earlier) is to use the following method that I > wrote a few months back. Good luck! > Information is stored in the Win95 registry about which version > of DirectX is installed and other parameters/settings relating to > DirectX. > The procedure outlined below allows you to remove enough of DirectX > (although not every single bit of it) to let you reinstall it...any > older > version, all the way down to DirectX1.

Thanks for the info... wish I had seen it before I struck out on my own. it might have saved me an hour or so. LOL this is basically what I ended up doing....butchering the registry, then reinstalling directx3, from my video card's install disc. everything is almost back to normal now, I just need to go download my soundcard drivers again. My soundcard sounds a little "frequency response" challenged right now....almost like an old AM radio. thanks for an excellent response, though ! :) -- Handy^Man IVGA 4924 ~~pulling for #8 in 1998 ! :)~~ ICQ 3551448 GOoooo #3 !!

Pardon the intrusion, but since you seem to be a DirectX guru, I thought I'd pose a question that I posted in a Win95 ng, and maybe you could help: I have a peculiar problem with DirectX since I had to reinstall Win95. When I go to open anything using DirectX I get an error "ddraw.dll cannot start. Check the file to determine the problem." Dxinfo.exe gives me the same error. If I check the drivers with an OLD 3.0 program it shows direct draw not certified. BUT if I use a new game progam (like Jedi Knight DirectX 5.0 install) or run Dxsetup.exe from Win95, I get a screen flash and all the drivers, including direct draw, come up certified. Then, WITHOUT reinstalling DirectX, progams work! Something about running Dxsetup.exe is loading the certified driver. I have reinstalled DirectX 5.0 several times from several sources, all with the same results. Is there something missing from an .ini file or my register? Can I add something to autoexec.bat or config.sys? It's a real pain to have to run setup every time I want to use a direct x program.