Why does it have to install DirectX when starting almost every steam game ??

chaparral · 13 Dec 2009 at 21:24

hohum said:
This isn't really a fault of Steam, as the same thing happens with retail games. Most don't let you opt out of 'updating' DirectX during the install process.

Your right........Am now blaming microsoft

Kenai · 13 Dec 2009 at 21:28

In future, just do the sensible thing and have Steam on a different partition, then you don't even need to reinstall Steam after a format.

Tripnologist · 13 Dec 2009 at 21:30

I had the same problem after I installed MW2. It would reinstall DX each and every single time I started the game for 3 or 4 days afterwards. It just stopped eventually.

chaparral · 13 Dec 2009 at 21:31

Kenai said:
In future, just do the sensible thing and have Steam on a different partition, then you don't even need to reinstall Steam after a format.

That's what i did do

As i have to keep it on a different partition am not going want download over 300gb again on my 2mb line

jas72 · 14 Dec 2009 at 09:51

is there a direct XI yet?