Thank you very much, I will try it.
Direct X initialization Error
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I purchased the witcher 2 game on steam and when I pressed play it started the launcher. In the launcher I pressed launch, but it didn´t launch. Two seperate windows appeared (They were both called the witcher 2 on the taskbar.) and one of them was just a black screen and the other one said ,,Direct3D 9 device initializaton failed´´ What should I do?
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Anonymous
2018-04-13T12:50:25+00:00 -
DaveM121 891.6K Reputation points Independent Advisor2018-04-13T12:18:49+00:00 Hi Bernard,
Type Direct3D 9 into the search on your Taskbar, if you have it installed, it will show up, if not, you can download it from the link below, then install it and restart your PC
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Anonymous
2018-04-13T11:49:03+00:00 Where do I find it?
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DaveM121 891.6K Reputation points Independent Advisor
2018-04-13T11:44:34+00:00 Hi Bernard,
The Steam Community report this fixes that error:
Go to the Direct3D 9 Control Panel (search for it on your PC)
In the 3D 9 Panel check this box: 'Software Only box
Hit Apply and restart your PC
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Anonymous
2018-04-13T11:40:20+00:00 Some things you can try:
- lowering your screen resolution.
Right click the desktop, click Screen resolution
Click in the Resolution list box then choose a lower screen resolutions
Click Apply the OK
- Try running the game in compatibility mode: