Author: James T. Walker
Date: 19:22:35 03/04/06
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On March 04, 2006 at 21:36:59, John Merlino wrote: >On March 04, 2006 at 20:45:05, James T. Walker wrote: > >>I have "uninstalled" ChessMaster 9000 several times in an attempt to re-install >>it so it will work. I get an error message when installing like this: >>D3D8.DLL is linked to missing export DDRAW.DLL:lockCB >>Both of those files are located on my computer. Also during the install I get a >>message that a previous uninstall was not completed. I should exit and finish >>the uninstall before doing the re-install. Of course I've done the un-install >>several times and can't get rid of these messages. Any help is appreciated. >>Thanks, >>Jim Walker > >My first guess is that your DirectX installation is corrupted. The error message >is not referring to either of those files being missing, but rather a specific >function (lockCB) is not present in your version of DDRAW.DLL. > >You can get the latest version of DirectX either via Windows Update or by going >to www.microsoft.com/directx. > >jm Thank you very much John. I downloaded directx 9.0 and ChessMaster works OK now. Jim
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