OK. Have you tried Uninstalling and reinstalling the game ? If not then do so, if you have then i want you to download and run the following: www.CCleaner.com . It is FREE. Also check the disk and make sure it isn't scratched or dirty. coastie

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Hi Kevin, We are going to run this drill again. Click Start>RUN then type in dxdiag then click OK. At the bottom of the list, it will give the version of DirectX that is running. What is it ? If it is DX9c then you are fine and on to the next step. I want you to completely uninstall the game and run CCleaner, Including the registry cleaner, second one on the list. Once this is done then reinstall the game, follow the instructions and prompts. let me know the outcome when you are finished. I also want to know what is showing when you check the DX version. coastie

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Hey techie, that is why I suggested he do an uninstall and then running CCleaner plus the registry option to be sure all the folders were cleaned out. coastie

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Hi Kevin, First, I edited your post because of the profanity. We can get the message without that, and there some community standards. Ok, now to the problem, if this is a new game and you have not played it before, and I am talking brand new out of the box, I suspect you have a bad copy. This does happen, not often, but it does. I have one that I was never able to play ( Diablo II ). If you have the receipt, you should be able to exchange it. You have done all that can be done if it was any other kind of problem as far as I can see. I know it's frustrating, but that seems to be the only thing left. A game.exe message indicates that there are some files missing, and apparantly in this case they are not being loaded from the disk. If you have the game loaded and the disk in the optical drive, click on my computer and see if it shows the game disk. This is a long shot, but it could be an early sign of a failing optical drive, and that computer is a few years old. coastie

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Hi kevin, OK. This thing started out as a mising DirectX file which you have taken care of. You said that you do not have sound. Initially I didn't think this would be an issue, but I am coming to the conclusion that may well be, as the game may be looking for the audio that isn't present. You have done everything else that could be done, and that is about the only other thing that hasn't been addressed. I take it your friend has sound on his computer. As I had said, the Game.exe message you got was an indication that the game couldn't find some files. Most likely it is the audio files and apparently, they have to be present. That is about all i can think of, as we have been down every other road. Sorry about the frustration, but sometimes things are not so easy. coastie

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Yeah, if youre going to play a game, you might as well have the noise that goes with it. coastie

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Hi Timmy and welcome to the forum. If you had read the posts, you would have seen that he in fact had reinstalled DirectX 9c and it took care of that particular error message. Due to the fact that most of these games require some kind of audio, and he didn't have any audio, the game was looking for files that didn't exist. I haven't heard back since his last post, so don't know how things are going. He was able to play it on his friends computer WHICH DID HAVE AUDIO, but not his WHICH DID NOT HAVE AUDIO. After exhausting everything else that could be thought of, this was about the last thing left. The files you mentioned were installed on the last reinstall of DirectX. coastie65

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Hi Timmy, You could be right about that and I'm not discounting the possibility. His initial message was the d3dx9_30dll error. After he downloaded and installed DirectX, he no longer got the message. When he tried to play the game he then got a Game.exe thing, as it couldn't locate some files needed to play the game. After chasing down every avenue we could think of, it came down to the possibility of the lack of audio and audio files. He had tried to put the d3dx9_30dll file into the game folder. had him completely uninstall the game run CCleaner to make sure it was clean, and then reinstall Direct X 9c and the game. Then this other problem surfaced. Anyway, I haven't heard from him, so he's either playing the thing or just disgusted and frustrated. I did some research, and as you stated you can down load that file separately, although it is part of Direct X and doesn't always load. I am reasonably sure we got him over that hurdle, but just in case, your post is there and thanks for the input. coastie

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