

When you install a game and it asks if you want to install DirectX with it, it's safe to do this, as the latest version of DirectX won't be overwritten. Most XP games have the appropriate DirectX software included. However, when DirectX 9.0 is not installed, some games won't run, probably saying a d3dx9_xxx.dll file is missing, or that DirectX 9.0 is not present. Windows 11 and Windows 10 come with DirectX 12 by default. These versions of Windows still support DirectX 9.0 games. The other way around, XP games might need DirectX 9.0C or previous versions, while these might not be available on the latest Windows OS. Jordan (Zuo Weiming) - Simplified Chinese translationĪlan ( XP officialy supports DirectX up to version 9.0C, therefore the latest games cannot be played on Windows XP anymore. Loginvovchyk - Russian translation, documentation and installer JohnEdwa - custom skins and feature requests Jcee - testing, feature requests, forum moderator Gaurav Kale - testing, feature requests and user experience consultant Here are some of the people, who made significant contributions to the Classic Shell project: If you are having problems uninstalling or upgrading Classic Shell, please read this forum post.

Visit the Classic Shell forum to find custom menu skins and start buttons. The latest stable version of Classic Shell is 4.3.1

More details hereĭevelopment has been picked up by volunteers on GitHub under the name Open Shell Note: As of December 2017, Classic Shell is no longer in active development. Caption and status bar for Internet Explorer.Toolbar and status bar for Windows Explorer.Start button for Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10.

Find programs, settings, files and documents.Quick access to recent, frequently-used, or pinned programs.Highly customizable start menu with multiple styles and skins.Classic Shell™ is free software that improves your productivity, enhances the usability of Windows and empowers you to use the computer the way you like it.
