I played it for probably 5 hours then decieded to try multiplayer.....It made me download a patch and that screwed everything up....

I double click the short cut desk top icon and get this message...

"This application has failed to start because D3DX9_32.DLL was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem."

Well I had a better idea, I would simply uninstall this garbage game and not think about what a horrible waste of money it was...but it was not meant to be...

I go into the control panel and try to uninstal this evil game and get...


"An error (-5004 : 0X8041f42) has occurred while running the setup.
Please make sure you have finished any previous set up and closed other applications. If the error still occurs, please contact your vendor: Firaxis Games (##IDS_PRODUCT_URL##)."

With the details being...

Error Code: -5004 : 0x80041f42
Error Information:
*C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Professional\RunTime\12\00\Int el32\iKernel.dll
>inc\CoCreate.cpp (44)
>SetupDLL\SetupDLL.cpp (1390)
PAPP:Sid Meier's Civilization 4
PVENDOR:Firaxis Games (##IDS_PRODUCT_URL##)
PGUID:CFBCE791-2D53-4FCE-B3FB-D6E01F4112E8
$11.0.0.28844
@Windows (6000) IE 7.0.6000.16512


I just wish this monster was off my computer, I only want to erase its exsistence from my computer then burn the CD's and Box the game came in and forget all about it.....but 'it' ....won't let me.

See this thread for more in formation about the missing .dll file
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=232577

blah blah blah yadda yadda yadda /troll

Fixed your post for you!

Fixed your post for you!


My post is serious, I CANT UNINSTALL THE STUPID GAME OR EVEN PLAY IT!!!

Now I know this might be hard for you....the fact that i don't like this game....but you will just have to accept that...I know you will be crying yourself to sleep over the fact that some people do not like this game...but you will get over it eventualy.

I had the same problem...someone suggested this to me which worked:

Use the Windows restore feature to go back to before you installed the patch or before you installed the game. Then reinstall the game and don't install the patch.

It may be a pain depending on how long ago you installed the game but it's an easy way to get around the problem.

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=6016404#post6016404

It happened to me, this is the solution