How to install DirectPlay?

Question

I accidentally uninstalled DirectPlay...how can I get it back?

Answer 1

Hi Lynne,

I would certainly help you.

However, I would like to know how did you download it? Was it through a third-party website?

DirectPlay is a deprecated API that was part of Microsoft's DirectX API. DirectPlay is a network communication library intended for computer game development, although its general nature certainly allows it to be used for other purposes.

DirectPlay is a high-level software interface between applications and communication services that makes it easy to connect games over the Internet, a modem link, or a network. DirectPlay features a set of tools that allow players to find game sessions and sites to manage the flow of information between hosts and players. It provides a way for applications to communicate with each other, regardless of the underlying online service or protocol. DirectPlay also resolves many connectivity issues, such as NAT.

DirectPlay, as the rest of DirectX, runs in COM and it is accessed through COM (Component Object Model) interfaces. By default, DirectPlay uses multi-threaded programming techniques and requires careful thought to avoid the usual threading issues. Since DirectX version 9, this issue can be alleviated at the expense of efficiency.

Please refer the links below:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dn323745(v=vs.85).aspx

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa904962.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396

Please reply with these information to understand the issue and help you better. We will be happy to assist you further.

Thank you

Answer 2

It's clear that every single one of the support staff are insistent on displaying the two pages you've linked. However, that does not answer my question. Since the last time I asked I thought I would be more clear.

DirectPlay will not work. Using "Turn Windows Features On or Off" Gives me error code "0x800F0906" after attempting the installing of DirectPlay.

Which gives me a bogus link sending me here:

http://www.update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/thanks.aspx?ln=en&&thankspage=5

which has now been deleted,

To the group policy section of my computer, which, surprise, I don't have on my computer, nor have ever found on any of my computers since the windows 2000,

and here

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dn323745%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

which, unsurprisingly, doesn't have a download available for us poor souls who suffer from constant error codes that nobody has ever heard of.

I'm flaming mad and I hope I don't come off as abrasive.

Answer 3

I need DirectPlay to run Photoshop Elements but am finding it impossible to download DirectPlay.  It has been a nightmare.

Answer 4

I also need DirectPlay to run Photoshop Elements 8 but it will not allow me to download.  It asks for Admin password but does not allow it to be input.  Oddly part of Photoshop Elements does come u but with a message saying DirectX needs to be updated but I can't get that to work either.  Please someone advise.  I need Photoshop Elements for quite a lot of things.

Desperate!!