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Error code: S1023 when trying to install DirectX

Anonymous
2010-12-12T17:13:11+00:00

In trying to install an updated DirectX package from Microsoft for my Windoes 7, this error code came up: S1023.

Since I am a "novice" to computer stuff; is there a "quick fix" for it?

Gerry64

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-12-31T02:56:57+00:00

    Thanks Himanshu -- this worked for me (remove SP1 VS2010 redistributables temporarily, reinstall the SDK, then put the SP1 ones back). BTW, resinstalling the SP1 VS2010 redistributables replaced the pre-SP1 versions installed by the SDK, so probably the original error message is just misleading and it would work if we just ignored it, but I have not confirmed this personally.

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-12-13T09:28:32+00:00

    Hi,

    Are you trying to install DirectX Software Development Kit?

    You may try the below steps and check if this helps.

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    How to back up and restore the registry in Windows: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756

    1. Click on Start, type in regedit and press enter.

    Now in the folder tree on the left hand side find HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and expand it.

    2. Go to SOFTWARE and expand it.

    3. Go to Microsoft and expand it.

    4. Look for the folder under here named "DirectX". (If it is not there follow the below steps.) If it is there, delete it because we are going to recreate it.

    5. Right-click on the free space on right hand panel. Select New > Key.

    6. Now right click in the empty window on the right and add this data (there will probably be at least a Default string value located here, just leave it)

    7. Right-click New->BinaryDataRename it to: InstalledVersion Type:REG_BINARY Data: 00 00 00 09 00 00 00 008. Right-click New->DWORDValueRename it to: InstallMDX Type:REG_DWORD Data: 0x000000019. Right-click New->StringValueRename it to: SDKVersion Type:REG_SZ Data:9.26.1590.0

    10. Right-click New->StringValueRename it to: Version Type:REG_SZ Data:4.09.00.090411. Restart the computer.

    Thanks and Regards

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-08-11T17:39:45+00:00

    Gerry64,

    this worked for me right away:

    Control Panel>Program & Features and uninstall all the

    Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86/x64 redistributable - 10.0.(number over 30319) then try to install again

    Yes it's works for me. thks

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-03-22T22:02:54+00:00

    Gerry64,

    this worked for me right away:

    Control Panel>Program & Features and uninstall all the

    Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86/x64 redistributable - 10.0.(number over 30319) then try to install again

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-08-30T12:04:01+00:00

    Carlos,

    There was no reply to my email to the DirectX SDK team, so it's probably not worth waiting on that.  Read the StackOverflow thread carefully, and try again.  If you look at the failure logs in your temp directory, you will find why it failed, and usually it indicates that the problem was that a newer version of the C++ runtime *redistributable* was present on the system, which is very likely the case on systems with newer version of Visual Studio.  Uninstall that and DirectX SDK will install.  You can always reinstall the newer version of the redistributable after that.

    Microsoft DirectX SDK team should get their act together and update their installer.

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