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DirectX Software Development Kit

  • Published:
  • Version: 9.26.1590
  • Category: SDK
  • Language: English

Download the complete DirectX SDK, which contains the DirectX Runtime and all DirectX software required to create DirectX compliant applications.

  • This DirectX SDK release contains updates to tools, utilities, samples, documentation, and runtime debug files for x64 and x86 platforms.

    For additional information please see Microsoft DirectX Developer Center along with reviewing the Readme for last-minute updates.

Files

Status: Deleted

This download is no longer available on microsoft.com. The downloads below are archives provided by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine from the Microsoft Download Center prior to August 2020.

FileSize
DXSDK_Mar09.exe
SHA1: c656abf19240841ad61f9fe6ebb77c0823b93146
511.43 MB

System Requirements

Operating Systems: Windows Vista, Windows Vista 64-bit Editions Service Pack 1, Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Business 64-bit edition, Windows Vista Business N, Windows Vista Enterprise, Windows Vista Enterprise 64-bit edition, Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit edition, Windows Vista Home Basic N, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit edition, Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Windows Vista Starter, Windows Vista Starter N, Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit edition, Windows XP, Windows XP 64-bit, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Home Edition N, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Update Rollup 2, Windows XP Professional Edition, Windows XP Professional N, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows XP Service Pack 3, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows XP Tablet PC Edition

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